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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by walrus01 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @07:14PM (#30171729)
My fear is that car manufacturers will turn cars into a totally dealer serviceable only thing (even more than they are now), like the car version of the glued shut Microsoft surface that gets a 1/10 on the ifixit repairability score.
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Re:Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Fr... by ironman1478 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @07:24PM (#30171812)
In the case of Cruise this wouldn't be a problem because you wouldn't own the vehicle. Its a robotaxi service. Your point is still valid, though I'd ask, how do you even solve certain classes of issues? Like lets say you had to replace a camera. You can't just plop one in and have it work. There is a ton of complex calibration work that needs to happen, both intrinsic & extrinsic.
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