Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car experiment

Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by leemcalilly on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:05AM (#15949576)

   it does nothing for the people who don't want to own a car and just want a car and computer driver at their beck and call.

Classic disruption (not in the sense that it is often used) would be to start with a niche so limited that it doesn't seem useful to almost anyone, and then expand from that use case.

If you could make a Tesla owner's commute from SF to Sand Hill Road a much better experience (via autonomous-only toll road), I'd say that's one hell of a start.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by ghaff on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:38AM (#15950961)

Dedicated infrastructure for autonomous driving is a non-starter. However, allowing full hands-off on certain roads, perhaps only in good weather, would still be a feature that people would spend a lot of money for. It's not clear at what point people will be legally allowed to watch a video on their commute but we can probably see a path to getting there.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by chillydawg on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:22AM (#15951144)

Wow - a toll road that excludes everyone except the super ultra rich who can afford the latest shiny cars. Exactly what California needs.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by Aloha on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:16AM (#15949606)

This process to build such a highway in california is beyond even the considerable means of Elon Musk - just the land acquisition and environmental review costs are staggering.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by njarboe on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:31AM (#15949650)

Thus the Boring Company was born.

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