Re:Ask HN: Do you think self-driving cars are feasable at all?
by atroyn on Thursday November 26, 2015 @04:34AM
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A lot of the discussion in this thread focuses on culture annd safety, but I think the main lever of autonomous vehicles will be economics.
For example, cargo vehicles not carrying any passengers or a driver would represent a huge cost savings in logistics.
There will be some class of autonomous vehicles, perhaps remotely supervised, regularly on the road within a decade. They may not be consumer passenger vehicles, but they don't need to be to make a huge impact. To focus on just whether your car will dive itself is static thinking - what new opportunities could autonomous transport create?
For example, cargo vehicles not carrying any passengers or a driver would represent a huge cost savings in logistics.
There will be some class of autonomous vehicles, perhaps remotely supervised, regularly on the road within a decade. They may not be consumer passenger vehicles, but they don't need to be to make a huge impact. To focus on just whether your car will dive itself is static thinking - what new opportunities could autonomous transport create?