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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• autonomously driving an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) on a route for a plurality of drives;
• for each drive of the plurality of drives, recording, at one or more time intervals, a position of the ADV along the route, resulting in one or more recorded positions, each indicating the position of the ADV on the route at a corresponding time interval;
• determining one or more average positions of the ADV corresponding to each time interval, based on the one or more recorded positions;
• and
• determining, based on the plurality of drives, an average total drive time to complete the route, wherein a difference between the average total drive time and the time interval corresponding to the one of the one or more average positions that a target ADV is located at are utilized to estimate an amount of time left to complete the route.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including
• autonomously driving an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) on a route for a plurality of drives;
• for each drive of the plurality of drives, recording, at one or more time intervals, a position of the ADV along the route, resulting in one or more recorded positions, each indicating the position of the ADV on the route at a corresponding time interval;
• determining one or more average positions of the ADV corresponding to each time interval, based on the one or more recorded positions;
• and
• determining, based on the plurality of drives, an average total drive time to complete the route, wherein a difference between the average total drive time and the time interval corresponding to the one of the one or more average positions that a target ADV is located at are utilized to estimate an amount of time left to complete the route.