Lyft CEO: Self-Driving Cars Aren't the Future

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @06:03PM from the but-the-future-branches dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes Google, Tesla, Mercedes and others are working hard to build the best self-driving car. But will anyone actually buy them? In a Q&A session at this year's South by Southwest, Lyft CEO Logan Green insisted the answer is "No." But does Green truly believe in this vision, or is he driven (so to speak) by other motivations? It's possible that Green's stance on self-driving cars has to do more with Uber's decision to aggressively fund research into that technology. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announcing that self-driving cars were the future was something that greatly upset many Uber drivers, and Green may see that spasm of anger as an opportunity to differentiate Lyft in the hearts and minds of the drivers who work for his service. Whether or not Green's vision is genuine, we won't know the outcome for several more years, considering the probable timeframes before self-driving cars hit the road... if ever.

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Death traps. by Cafe+Alpha · 2015-03-18 18:26 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I have no doubt that there are morons like the Uber CEO who would try self driving cars, but there are morons who take peach pits for cancer.
There won't be self driving cars. Not after the morons learn the hard way that having something dumber than an ant driving a car is a horrible horrible idea.
The only question is, will it take any deaths, or will intelligent people make the decision first?