Elan Musk promises full self-driveing car features by end of 2019

[rwsaunders]

Originally Posted by David Kirk

Can anyone explain how an autonomous car can position itself on a snow covered road?....or a dirt road?.....or new pavement that hasn't had lines painted yet?

dave

The Uber AV test cars here in Pittsburgh don't operate in bad weather.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by gemship

Have you seen the Rivian? I dunno about coal rolling rednecks but this truck makes a claimed 800hp and has a 400 mile range and lots of extra cargo space. The real issue is who wants to spend 70k on a truck?

70k on a farging US made truck is about standard..maybe a 'little' at the high end but my Bro in Law, works for a local Ford dealer, and $100k trucks are not that uncommon. People are such sheeple..they think $2 gas is like forever...

Musk says he'll be on Mars pretty soon too..look up "eccentric billionaire"..see pic of Elon....

[MoparPorsche]

Being in the IT field and understanding how products are delivered to production with bugs and security flaws I would never trust such a vehicle from a pure safety perspective anytime soon.

[SPOKE]

Originally Posted by David Kirk

Can anyone explain how an autonomous car can position itself on a snow covered road?....or a dirt road?.....or new pavement that hasn't had lines painted yet?

dave

Tesla is gunning for your autocross titles my friend

[Matthew]

I like to drive. I have no desire for a car that does it for me. Hell, I still like using CD's and actually turning my head around to look out the back window. Being completely reliant on the vehicle seems pretty scary.

[BobO]

Originally Posted by Matthew

I like to drive. I have no desire for a car that does it for me. Hell, I still like using CD's and actually turning my head around to look out the back window. Being completely reliant on the vehicle seems pretty scary.

As of now, having autonomous cars being mandatory is not the question. The question is about when those systems will be available and acceptably reliable for those who want it.

I like driving myself, and to be a little immodest, I'm good at it. I would leave autonomous systems turned off most of the time, but, every now and then there are times when it would be nice to have the car take me somewhere. Then there's the fact that a strong majority of drivers are poor to incompetent, and that's when they're paying attention to the road. Add in the lack of self control with the 500 potential distractions and we have roadways full of people who shouldn't be driving at all. I want them to have autonomous systems available. They're obviously not interested in driving to begin with and the world is a better place without them driving. But no, not mandatory.

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by MoparPorsche

Being in the IT field and understanding how products are delivered to production with bugs and security flaws I would never trust such a vehicle from a pure safety perspective anytime soon.

Exactly. Car companies are so cost-focused that they would sell their first child for a penny a car. How am I supposed to trust such a company to fix their software or deliver a safe software in the first place? This is a really difficult engineering problem, vulnerable road users are just going to have to get out of the way. No thanks.

[William]

Yeah, that's just what we need...










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