Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car experiment

Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by adrianN on Monday December 18, 2017 @08:11AM (#15951344)

Because if your self-driving cars need special infrastructure to work you just have very inefficient trains. Autonomous driving is difficult because of rare situations. We already have solutions that work well in good conditions. To figure out what's missing it seems crucial to me to test them in real traffic on normal roads that they have to share with unpredictable humans.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by lodi on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:11PM (#15954415)

I don't think he means constructing new highways for autonomous cars; just making sure the tech works flawlessly with a few existing, high-traffic, morning/evening rush routes. Would save a lot of stress from the daily commute and allow for a gradual ramp up in supported routes.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by georgeecollins on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:38PM (#15954033)

I would love to have a car that became an inefficient train on the highway. I believe tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles would pay a lot of money for one. It isn't the ideal for the future, but it would still be a very desirable product.

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