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The question is about the development strategy, not marketplace existence. So long as each higher level is more valuable but more difficult than the next, cars
by jessriedel 10y ago
The question is about the development strategy, not marketplace existence. So long as each higher level is more valuable but more difficult than the next, cars will appear on the market at each level progressively in time.
But the point is that, if you want to get to level 5, do you climb the ladder or build level 5 from the ground? In particular, if there is a handful of key tech advances that are necessary for level 5, and that make levels 1-4 trivial, then there's no point in climbing the ladder.
- dahart 10y agoFair enough, though the biggest hurdles are likely to be regulatory and not technical, right? A self driving car company could conceivably kill itself by solving all the technical problems and going straight to level 5 without regard to what lawmakers allow. The question has big implications... the post mentioned the follow-up question of whether we need stoplights anymore. We don't need stoplights anymore if all existing cars disappeared all at once, and all car manufacturers go straight to level 5 at the same time. We do need stoplights for the time being if for some reason that doesn't happen.