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Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by sizzle on Monday August 27, 2018 @09:18PM (#17855910)
Does anyone think this space will be regulated across all companies to create an autonomous standard for safety reasons under the department of transportation etc or simply that the autonomous tech gets into all cars across manufacturers via some partnership?

Just like how we see all newer cars coming out with the same types of tech e.g. lane change alerting or backup camera monitoring or Android auto/Apple carplay etc, as standard features? Or is automation tech more of a first mover monopoly in and of itself since it's so unique and patentable?

Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by kalleboo on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:19AM (#17856527)
> Just like how we see all newer cars coming out with the same types of tech

A lot of the current driving assist features are made by the same companies (e.g. mobileye, bosch) and then installed/licensed to car manufacturers. The same thing could happen with self-driving depending on who develops it first.

Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact by erikpukinskis on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:41AM (#17856568)
I have a feeling the incumbent ICE producers (and shorts) will lobby to require LIDAR by law just to hurt Tesla.