Alex Roy did this several years ago and found that it took longer going from west to east than it did from east to west due to the traffic at the Lincoln tunnel toll booth.
NYC closed their last tollbooths last year[1] so perhaps the trips both ways will be around the same time now if Alex Roy attempts them again.
I don't think this is particularly impressive. It'll mostly be interstate driving, which can be safely handled by most adaptive cruise control systems already. I wonder how they will handle charging along the way
I suspect the robot car will get beaten up outside philly.
One can only hope. There's no way this ride will be genuinely autonomous, in any case.
Figures they'll do it during the height of summer, now try it in winter.