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Fully drive-by-wire cars have been kicking about on various drawing-boards for decades at this point, but they never seem to make the jump.
by regularfry 9y ago
Fully drive-by-wire cars have been kicking about on various drawing-boards for decades at this point, but they never seem to make the jump.
- ptaipale 9y agoThere might be some regulatory hurdles in addition to technical and commercial ones?
- jandrese 9y agoUndoubtedly there are safety concerns in the form of "what happens when the power steering breaks?" With a conventional car the steering gets super heavy, but it's still manageable by most people, especially if the car is moving. In a fly by wire vehicle it's literally a "Jesus take the wheel" moment.