No, you see, if it's not a startup, it cannot be innovative.

You think you're being funny, but it took silicon valley to invent a machine to press juice of proprietary only bags of pre-chopped fruit, so I think you look rather foolish now!

But they're all providing that technology to American firms who are implementing the technology rather than developing it at home. See what I'm driving at?

So they do some research and then let some american companies that can't even imagine why you'd create safety regulations do the practical testing which kills American citizens instead of European ones when the inevitable mistakes happen.

Then they get access to the technology through partnerships. This sounds like a win-win for the EU companies

Indeed, it’s a win for the American economy too, when the IP is owned by American companies and the majority of profits go there.

Sounds like the Tesla and Mobileye partnership.

Apple recently gave up their self driving shuttle and told Volkswagen to do it for them. So yeah...cargo cult and tunnel vision.