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The Future of the Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-about-rockets dept.

Gandul writes "Radar, lasers, wireless radio networks and other embedded tech will enable our cars to sense faraway traffic and stop accidents before they happen. But who will be in the driver's seat?"

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  1. Who's driving? by CunningNickName · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm more curious about what the car will be running on now that oil prices are skyrocketing and there are dire words about peak oil.

  2. Re:Many problems yet to be solved. by silicon+dad · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Liability issues mean these new technologies will show up first in Europe, China, & India where people are still willing to accept reasonable risks. Here in California we're willing to accept losses of thousands of person years spent commuting just for the chance to save a few dozen person-years that might be lost if we rebuilt the same freeway & it happened to kill someone in the next big quake. We've willingly thrown away the opportunity to improve what Henry Ford popularized in this country.