Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-driving car

Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by RealityVoid on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:55AM (#13165720)

The technology Google uses is about to become way cheaper. I may be wrong, but from what I've read about the development of LIDAR systems, I estimate the prices will drop in the next few years. I think we're at a similar point where we were a couple of years ago with accelerometers and gyros, before MEMS became commonplace.

Even if I am wrong and the tech breakthrough will not happen, I think the economies of scale that kick in for the large-spread usage of Google's approach would make it competitive enough.

I, personally, believe that Tesla's approach for full autonomy is insufficient.

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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by johnward on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:28AM (#13166581)

Tesla approach led to real world usage. I tend to think Google started with the wrong approach.

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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by RealityVoid on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @10:29AM (#13167468)

There are other companies out there having functionality on par with Tesla, on cars, on the road. Google's capabilities are superior in almost every way. Not yet commercial, but if it gets there(very likely), it'll be a bet that pays off. They have a ton of training data and experience in the field.

All the more, I think Tesla's functionality will not lead to Level 4 autonomy within the next decade because fo a false-start approach.

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