Count Cars as Robots

Treat advanced, networked vehicles with driving autonomy (e.g., Tesla with FSD) as part of national 'robot' inventories rather than excluding them as merely 'vehicles.' Doing so changes cross‑country robot intensity rankings, industrial leadership narratives, and the perceived policy urgency for regulation, labor impacts, and energy planning. — Revising what gets labeled a 'robot' alters industrial‑policy storytelling, procurement priorities, and public debate about automation and who leads in the AI/robotics era.