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GM Says Driverless Cars Will Be Ready By 2018
Gregor Stipicic writes "Cars that drive themselves — even parking at their destination — could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say. 'This is not science fiction,' Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development, said in a recent interview. GM plans to use an inexpensive computer chip and an antenna to link vehicles equipped with driverless technologies. The first use likely would be on highways; people would have the option to choose a driverless mode while they still would control the vehicle on local streets, Burns said. He said the company plans to test driverless car technology by 2015 and have cars on the road around 2018."
I'm sure the AI will drive much better than some of the people on these roads in Boston LOL
... but will they fly?
Just imagine the crossover deals this will open up.
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Too bad others have predicted the world will come to an end in 2012.
I haven't driven a GM car in years. So yeah I can see GM cars becoming driverless within my lifetime.
Apparently there'll be a copy of Duke Nukem Forever in the glove box.
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wow homers got one of those robot cars!
(crash!)
one of those AMERICAN robot cars...
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It ends the problem of drunk driving only if the automated system is 100% in control portal-to-portal and 100% reliable portal-to-portal. The drunk will be making the initial decision to take to the roads.
Yes, which is why the problem is greatly curtailed -- drunk merely has to be able to say, "God damn I'm wasted. Car, take me home." I'm willing to bet that most drunk people who get in a car will gladly take this option in preference to risking a DUI.
You are correct, of course, that part of the problem is simply not giving a damn how your driving affects others. To the extent that that is the problem, I agree that technology and laws are largely ineffective. For example, when someone tries to use a cell phone while making a difficult driving maneuver, the problem is not that he overestimates his skill, or that he deems the potential punishment small enough. It's that he's just not putting in the effort to be a safe driver, and no law or technology will change that.
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In Soviet Russia, CAR drives YOU! Wait a sec...
Driverless cars by 2018. Like there aren't enough of those out there.
Slightly better fuel efficiency by 2020, only 30 years after it was first proposed.
Government actually requiring that cars not be totally dependant upon gasoline, which would be practical? Crystal ball can't see that far ahead.
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There will not be a mass-produced flying car though. That simply requires too much energy and we have a large enough energy problem as it is. Unless you want to use a derigible there is drag induced just by the act of flying which causes an additional amount of energy to be consumed as opposed to staying on the ground.
You don't read enough. There already exists a perfectly good sky car . 20mpg on pure, clean-burning ethanol, and completely safe computerized navigation and flight control. And it's quiet. And it goes well over 200mph, and can take off and land vertically, right in your yard. I can't believe you don't know about this vehicle. It's even red!
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I guarantee the number one application in cities will be telling your car to circle so you don't have to find parking. Traffic will get way worse, then this will be outlawed.