How Will Driverless Cars Change How We Live?

[Palumboism]

What are the implications of driverless cars?  How will this change how we live?

[Palumboism]

Wall street Journal
GM Invests $500 Million in Lyft, Plans System for Self-Driving Cars

General Motors Co. is betting $500 million that ride-hailing services such as Lyft Inc. will be crucial to the future of autonomous-driving vehicles and the transformation of an industry dominated by car ownership.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-invests-500-million-in-lyft-plans-system-for-self-driving-cars-1451914204

[Dave D]

How long do they estimate that these type of cars become the standard?  It seems any cultural changes that has become universally accepted has also been affordable for the working class.

Cost would seem to be the biggest issue this movement faces.

[Palumboism]

Jalopnik 12/21/15
According to three different sources speaking to YahooAutos, Ford will pair up with Google to create a joint-venture for the development and manufacturing of autonomous vehicles.

According to the report, Ford and Google have teamed up to combine the development and manufacturing capabilities of the traditional automaker with the millions of miles of research covered by Google’s current crop of 53 autonomous cars.

Yahoo reports that the deal between Ford and Google will be non-exclusive as Google will seek partnerships with other automakers for its autonomous technology. Ford’s involvement will also likely be legally separated from the company to avoid direct liability coming back to the parent company.

http://jalopnik.com/ford-and-google-in-cahoots-to-create-new-autonomous-car-1749200779

[Palumboism]

How long do they estimate that these type of cars become the standard?  It seems any cultural changes that has become universally accepted has also been affordable for the working class.

Cost would seem to be the biggest issue this movement faces.

Sure, the first cars will probably be expensive, but I think most people will be surprised how quickly the price drops.  When companies like Ford and GM get into self driving cars, the cost comes down really quick due to economies of scale. 

[Palumboism]

De zeen Magazine

Self-driving cars could disrupt the airline and hotel industries within 20 years as people sleep in their vehicles on the road, according to a senior strategist at Audi.

Short-haul travel will be transformed and the hassle of getting to and from airports eliminated, said Sven Schuwirth, vice president of brand strategy and digital business at the German car brand.

Business travellers will be able to avoid taking domestic flights to meetings and will sleep and work in their cars en route instead of checking into city-centre hotels, he said.

"In the future you will not need a business hotel or a domestic flight," Schuwirth told Dezeen. "We can disrupt the entire business of domestic flights."

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/25/self-driving-driverless-cars-disrupt-airline-hotel-industries-sleeping-interview-audi-senior-strategist-sven-schuwirth/

[King Shizzo]

How long do they estimate that these type of cars become the standard?  It seems any cultural changes that has become universally accepted has also been affordable for the working class.

Cost would seem to be the biggest issue this movement faces.

They will never become standard unless the government mandates it. Actually, it might be a similar hot-topic subject comparable to gun control in about 50 years.

Real men (and women) who enjoy cars, will never go for such absurdity. For some people, driving a car, relaxes them like someone who enjoys working out.

Manually driving a car will never go out of style.

[TuHolmes]

Only good for Taxis, Ubers, Lyfts, and people who would be happy to let the car drive after a night of drinking.

[King Shizzo]

Only good for Taxis, Ubers, Lyfts, and people who would be happy to let the car drive after a night of drinking.

Excellent point. Early innovators could corner the market.

[da_vinci]

A blowjob while driving will become legal.

[Palumboism]

Following last year’s Drive CX, Nvidia just announced an updated version of its computing platform for self-driving cars, the Drive PX 2. Compared to last year’s model, this is a much more powerful beast, able to process data from 12 video cameras and other sensors in real time to make educated driving decisions. The company calls it a supercomputer, and it’s the size of a lunchbox.

Behind the scene, the Drive PX 2 features 12 different cores representing 8 teraflops of calculation power, 24 deep learning tera operations per second. The company is using a 16nm architecture, and it’s a hungry beast as it requires 250W of power. Finally, Nvidia is using a liquid-cooling system. Because the PX 2 will be used in cars, that’s not too much of a problem and Nvidia argues that car manufacturers will just plug the device into their existing cooling solutions.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/04/nvidia-announces-new-drive-px-2-supercomputer-in-a-lunchbox-for-self-driving-cars/?ncid=rss

[King Shizzo]

A blowjob while driving will become legal.

Or......... become standard.

[Dave D]

They will never become standard unless the government mandates it. Actually, it might be a similar hot-topic subject comparable to gun control in about 50 years.

Real men (and women) who enjoy cars, will never go for such absurdity. For some people, driving a car, relaxes them like someone who enjoys working out.

Manually driving a car will never go out of style.

People thought the same thing about free television, land line telephones, Atari/Sega game systems, cigarettes and wearing seat belts.

Think of how many people who you've heard say they would never own a cell phone (for whatever reason)... Today most of us know 9 year old children with cell phones.  Many homes no longer have land lines, unless it's a part of their Internet service.  Current automobiles could end up being a similar novelty if the price is right.

Driverless cars won't be pushed to the over 30 crowd. For younger generations it could be a way of life.

[Palumboism]

They will never become standard unless the government mandates it. Actually, it might be a similar hot-topic subject comparable to gun control in about 50 years.

Real men (and women) who enjoy cars, will never go for such absurdity. For some people, driving a car, relaxes them like someone who enjoys working out.

Manually driving a car will never go out of style.

That's like saying driving a car with a manual transmission will never go out of style.

Even high performance cars have dual clutch transmissions now.  Never under estimate how lazy people are.

[King Shizzo]

People thought the same thing about free television, land line telephones, Atari/Sega game systems, cigarettes and wearing seat belts.

Think of how many people who you've heard say they would never own a cell phone (for whatever reason)... Today most of us know 9 year old children with cell phones.  Many homes no longer have land lines, unless it's a part of their Internet service.  Current automobiles could end up being a similar novelty if the price is right.

Driverless cars won't be pushed to the over 30 crowd. For younger generations it could be a way of life.

Bad comparisons. You are talking about selling convenience. For car lovers, the driving experience is a way of life.

[Croatch]

I'm just going to hold out for the flying car.  It shouldn't be much longer now.

[Simple Simon]

Caitlyn Jenner will be able to start texting behind the wheel again.

[Army of One]

Once driverless cars are safer then humans driving, which will likely be on release, I suspect it will soon be against the law to drive it yourself.

[Dave D]

Bad comparisons. You are talking about selling convenience. For car lovers, the driving experience is a way of life.

Oh ok.

I'm talking about generational and cultural shifts. You're looking at a small segment of society.

"True car drivers", people who love the experience, aren't talking or texting while going down the highway. Today's modern driver looks at driving as a chore and burden not an adventure.

I never said these would completely replace cars as we know them, there is a whole economic system that is dependent on manually driven automobiles.

However if Ford and GM are investigating the potential for them, it's safe to assume they will be planning on pushing them.

But troll on.

[cart@@n]

End of privacy, full government control and taxation over human transportation, among other things.

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[Dave D]

End of privacy, full government control and taxation over human transportation, among other things.

This I believe.

More governmental control and a larger police state.

[King Shizzo]

Once driverless cars are safer then humans driving, which will likely be on release, I suspect it will soon be against the law to drive it yourself.

This scenario is still decades (or more) away. Maybe even 100+ years. This isn't the movies, the world would have to change it's entire infrastructure.

Compare the time from Icarus to the Wright brothers.

[Palumboism]

[Army of One]

This scenario is still decades (or more) away. Maybe even 100+ years. This isn't the movies, the world would have to change it's entire infrastructure.

Compare the time from Icarus to the Wright brothers.

Depends how it works, think about this, with these cars when you aren't in them they can be off being used by others, you may just pay so much a month and get picked up by whichever random car happens to be nearest.You wouldn't even need your own car.