You're making his point for him... waiting isn't helpful, since it either won't work out (and little value would have been lost if banned) or you'll end with regulatory capture and loose your ability to regulate/ban.

Because VW is so much more powerful than Google?

Well, at least Germany can get a jump on banning automated driving development. Hopefully BMW, MB, and VW are all banned from working on it since it's still early enough to prevent bad things from happening.