How Will Driverless Cars Change How We Live?

[Palumboism]

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.

Bingo! 

[Dave D]

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.

Hahaha you think you're so smart by saying this?

These cars aren't completely developed yet of course we are years away from it being an everyday reality, but no one said it's happening tomorrow or next year.


 100 years from happening......

[240 is Back]

IF it could properly avoid the idiots on the road that we have to dodge to avoid on a daily basis, I'd love it.

All that extra time we could be productive, take a nap, eat, or post on getbig while the car gets us there.

[CalvinH]

As long as women get behind the wheel they'll find a way to crash them.

[The Scott]

The blind will get to drive.  Legally.

[Radical Plato]

Drink Driving here we come.

And what about all the foreigners driving taxis, won't be good for those fellas.

[The Scott]

As long as women get behind the wheel they'll find a way to crash them.

Winning.  Good one, Cal. 

[dr.chimps]

Well, these driverless cars probably have an automatic turn signal, so that's a positive. 

[Palumboism]

My opinion is this will be the most transformative technology in the coming years.  Driverless cars will be the killer app for artificial intelligence in the same way the spreadsheet was the killer app for the PC.  It'll also drive consumption for super computes because few people currently need 8 teraflops of calculating power.  

Also, I think most people would rather do other things in the car than drive.  For example, watch a movie, surf the net, catch up on emails, sleep, ...   So the adaption rate will be quit brisk.  

[Palumboism]

How people view driverless cars around the world.



China and India have a very positive opinion of the technology.  If I lived in a country with half a billion Asian women driving, I would be positive about self driving cars too. 

[Palumboism]

[TuHolmes]

How people view driverless cars around the world.


China and India have a very positive opinion of the technology.

Probably because percentage wise, those countries do not have a lot of people driving. If you can't drive, you feel fine letting something else drive for you.

A lot of poor people in those countries that don't own cars.

[Palumboism]

Probably because percentage wise, those countries do not have a lot of people driving. If you can't drive, you feel fine letting something else drive for you.

A lot of poor people in those countries that don't own cars.

Maybe they're just tired of the traffic and insane Asian drivers.

[Palumboism]

Study: Driverless cars to be 15% of global sales by ’30

Michael Martinez, The Detroit News
A new report predicts that by 2030, 15 percent of global automotive sales will be of fully autonomous cars, and the industry will continue to undergo massive technological changes.

The report by McKinsey & Company — a consulting firm that studies automotive trends — touches on a number of trends, including the increased adoption of shared mobility companies like Uber and Lyft, the expected proliferation of electric vehicles thanks to government regulation, the continued rise in auto sales and the advancements in driverless car technology.

The biggest takeaway from “Automotive Revolution – Perspective Towards 2030” is that the auto industry and driver needs are evolving, and automakers had better be ready to change with the times.

“What we are going through is the most unprecedented time of disruptive change in the automotive industry as it transforms itself into a mobility industry,” Hans-Werner Kaas, a senior partner in McKinsey’s automotive practice, said in an interview. “Consumer needs are changing fast and in more real time today, therefore understanding them is very critical.”

The report found that, especially in cities and other densely populated areas, the importance of vehicle ownership is declining. Thanks to ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, and car-sharing services like Zipcar, the share of young people (age 16-24) that hold a driver’s license dropped from 76 percent in 2000 to 71 percent in 2013, while there has been over 30 percent annual growth in car sharing members in North America and Germany over the last five years.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2016/01/04/mckinsey-report-driverless-cars/78246944/

[Dave D]

Study: Driverless cars to be 15% of global sales by ’30

Michael Martinez, The Detroit News
A new report predicts that by 2030, 15 percent of global automotive sales will be of fully autonomous cars, and the industry will continue to undergo massive technological changes.

The report by McKinsey & Company — a consulting firm that studies automotive trends — touches on a number of trends, including the increased adoption of shared mobility companies like Uber and Lyft, the expected proliferation of electric vehicles thanks to government regulation, the continued rise in auto sales and the advancements in driverless car technology.

The biggest takeaway from “Automotive Revolution – Perspective Towards 2030” is that the auto industry and driver needs are evolving, and automakers had better be ready to change with the times.

“What we are going through is the most unprecedented time of disruptive change in the automotive industry as it transforms itself into a mobility industry,” Hans-Werner Kaas, a senior partner in McKinsey’s automotive practice, said in an interview. “Consumer needs are changing fast and in more real time today, therefore understanding them is very critical.”

The report found that, especially in cities and other densely populated areas, the importance of vehicle ownership is declining. Thanks to ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, and car-sharing services like Zipcar, the share of young people (age 16-24) that hold a driver’s license dropped from 76 percent in 2000 to 71 percent in 2013, while there has been over 30 percent annual growth in car sharing members in North America and Germany over the last five years.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2016/01/04/mckinsey-report-driverless-cars/78246944/

Highly unlikely. This is a mere 15 years from now and Shizzo made it clear that this was DECADES, meaning multiple 10 year time spans, from happening.

Troll somewhere else Detroit news.