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All-in for Autonomous Autos?

Posted October 27, 2011 7:29 AM

Driverless, robotic cars are no longer the future. They're here. Even Google's autonomous Toyotas have logged more miles than most consumers put on their vehicles before trade-in, and in city and mountain drives. Are you excited about the prospects, the potential to reduce car accidents? Or, will the multiple safety techs come close, but not close enough to make the costs and social changes worth the change? Can enough gains be achieved without requiring all or most autos being autonomous?

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Re: All-in for Autonomous Autos?

10/29/2011 10:07 AM

I think that the first users will be cities, who will automate their public transport systems. (bus, train, etc)

Next will be cab companies (johnny cab?) because they can make more money that way. (same rationale as coin-op businesses)(and if they don't, the competition will)

then slowly, as the price drops, the technology would migrate to personal transporation (road based)

and finally to off-road vehicles.

but I still think we are speaking of a 20-30 year time frame before the technology mature enough and accepted enough to become entrenched in society.

skeptical lot, we humans are...

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