Slashdot Asks: How Long Before Self-Driving Cars Become Mainstream?

Here's the thing, regardless of one's stand on self-driving cars, they are no longer a futuristic idea. Major car companies such as Tesla, BMW, and Mercedes have already released an autonomous vehicle or plan to release one soon. Sergio Marchionne, an Italian-Canadian executive who is currently the CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, recently said: It isn't pie in the sky. People are talking about 20 years. I think we will have it in five years. ZDNet has published its interview of Jim McBride, technical leader in Ford's autonomous vehicles team, who thinks self-driving cars are five years away from changing the world. At the same time, we must acknowledge the talks about these smart vehicles killing many jobs, and the security vulnerabilities we read every once in a while. What's your take on this?

Comments

Osborne?

[p.g.king]

I think we will have it in five years

Sounds like a good candidate for the osborne effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Re:Wha' happen!? To the NASA story?

[msmash]

I pulled it because we had already run it a week ago. A few readers submitted it today (actually, plenty of outlets have run the story today), hence the confusion.

Re:I'm leaning toward the 20 years estimate

[sims 2]

"Volvo has announced it will accept "full liability" for accidents when one of its cars is driving autonomously"

https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

This has actually been discussed here before. The manufacturers seem to have a pretty good idea of how they want to do it. So at this point I don't see insurance being any significant hurdle.