autonomous driving vehicle discussion

kinda, part of the fun of road trips to somewhere is the actual traveling

 

definitely. i just don't think we're talking about the same thing here.

 

probably not, sounds like you just head out simply for the joy of driving and come back home

 

i do, it's become a bad habit since i bought th pip. counter productive to conservation, you could say.

 

meh, if you love it...who cares

could be so much worse, here in the sticks you get people that like to cruise around in their big ol trucks

 

This morning I saw a couple of Google's new self-driving BEV prototype cars on the road for the first time. Within a span of 5 minutes I saw an additional 3 of the other "conventional" modified Lexus self-drivers. I'm used to seeing the older prototypes occasionally around Silicon Valley but never this many cars over this short of a time.

It's really great seeing all of the production plugins on the road now as well. Lots of Teslas, LEAFs, Volts, Prius Plugins, Fiat 500e and a scattering of others. This is what the future looks like.

For example, note the Volt that just randomly happens to drive by in this short video clip of the self-driving Google BEVs that I took this morning:

 

Thanks for posting, Jeff!

I wonder if they use several together at the same time for the purposes of seeing if each will handle similar situations in the same way.

 

Cool! I haven't seen any of those yet, will need to keep an eye out for them.

 

Chromeless nonautoplay

Six superstars ponder the future of an 'irrational' auto industry

 

cliffs notes please

 

I read the "six superstars". If those guys are superstars, I wonder what a successful leader gets called? Sounds like a bunch of accountants who cannot figure out how to make a better car. Notice how the successful car companies did not have much representation.

 

I watched the video maybe because Bob Lutz was there, always has something interesting to say, but nothing new came up in the discussion.

 

Everyone should watch the TedTalks on Chris Urmson showing what a driverless car sees. Incredible. I'm ready for one in my driveway. I still enjoy driving sometime but not all of the time.

iPhone ?

 

^^
Thanks, watch Ted Talks regularly!

 

The day I can't drive will be a sad day!

 

Yes, but thanks to autonomous cars you will still be able to sit in the "driver's seat" and pretend. That's a hell of a lot better than waiting around for a taxi or riding the bus.

 

Actually the title doesn't say it all. They had full legal rights to go the speed they were going. This is why the officer didn't give them a ticket. As mentioned, part of the reason it was pulled over was because it was a self driving vehicle.

 

George Hotz, a former boy genius hacker, has developed his own self-driving car after a bet with Elon Musk.
Story at Bloomberg Business: George Hotz Is Taking on Tesla by Himself