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If we built the roads better, such that they facilitate the automation, we'd get there sooner. For example, RFIDs in the road or on the road side that tell the

If we built the roads better, such that they facilitate the automation, we'd get there sooner. For example, RFIDs in the road or on the road side that tell the cars (or actually, allow them to look it up in a database) the exact layout of the road around them.

iamgopal 8y ago
far fetched, musk's tunnel idea is not so boring. ultimately you will need to use your car only for last 1 km. rest will be on rail road / tunnel network / rfid network. ( this will play havoc to the automotive industry...that depends on user changing car every 5 to 10 year. )
- crocal 8y ago
  Far fetched? My jaw drops. It's a moving block signalling system with 1 car trains. This stuff has been in service for decades pretty much all around the world. As for the very concept of the boring company, Elon Musk has it completely wrong. It's not the tunnel that takes so much time to dig, it's the vertical shafts for the stations, especially in the city, because of the things that have to be moved aside, and also because of the precautions you must take to, err, avoid collapsing buildings and stuff. Really, there are things where he knows what he is talking about, but mass transit is not one of them.
  - chillingeffect 8y ago
    I'm still one of those people who really wanted a segway-city. I still have hopes people will build new cities where there is currently no infrastructure. Maybe under there, people can build those hyperloop things. But really I just want a segway city :(
tomtimtall 8y ago
Your example is more easily done using GPS and the internet, and that doesn’t involve rebuilding the entire road network which will take generations.
TangoTrotFox 8y ago
I think from a technological progression point of view, it's generally wise to adjust the technology to the domain rather than try to adjust the domain to the technology. For instance what SpaceX is trying to do with retropulsive landings. If they can master this in a variety of conditions then the technology can be adapted outwards to no end. On the other hand, if you focus exclusively on landing back on Earth then landing on another planet is suddenly a huge ordeal. So in this domain, if we master the car driving without too many cues, then a self driving vehicle ought be able to drive in Timbuktu as well as LA, which I think is much more desirable - even if it's vastly more challenging.

iamgopal 8y ago

far fetched, musk's tunnel idea is not so boring. ultimately you will need to use your car only for last 1 km. rest will be on rail road / tunnel network / rfid network. ( this will play havoc to the automotive industry...that depends on user changing car every 5 to 10 year. )

crocal 8y ago
Far fetched? My jaw drops. It's a moving block signalling system with 1 car trains. This stuff has been in service for decades pretty much all around the world. As for the very concept of the boring company, Elon Musk has it completely wrong. It's not the tunnel that takes so much time to dig, it's the vertical shafts for the stations, especially in the city, because of the things that have to be moved aside, and also because of the precautions you must take to, err, avoid collapsing buildings and stuff. Really, there are things where he knows what he is talking about, but mass transit is not one of them.
- chillingeffect 8y ago
  I'm still one of those people who really wanted a segway-city. I still have hopes people will build new cities where there is currently no infrastructure. Maybe under there, people can build those hyperloop things. But really I just want a segway city :(

tomtimtall 8y ago

Your example is more easily done using GPS and the internet, and that doesn’t involve rebuilding the entire road network which will take generations.

TangoTrotFox 8y ago

I think from a technological progression point of view, it's generally wise to adjust the technology to the domain rather than try to adjust the domain to the technology. For instance what SpaceX is trying to do with retropulsive landings. If they can master this in a variety of conditions then the technology can be adapted outwards to no end. On the other hand, if you focus exclusively on landing back on Earth then landing on another planet is suddenly a huge ordeal. So in this domain, if we master the car driving without too many cues, then a self driving vehicle ought be able to drive in Timbuktu as well as LA, which I think is much more desirable - even if it's vastly more challenging.