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I don't remember the source, but a few years ago I saw the results of a poll about self driving cars. The question was: "How much more would you pay for a car t
by pjdemers 7y ago
I don't remember the source, but a few years ago I saw the results of a poll about self driving cars. The question was: "How much more would you pay for a car that could drive itself?" In the US, 50% of the responses said $0. It is not a feature that the market wants. That's why we don't have self driving cars.
- mkcny 7y agoBut this is so obviously wrong. Every time someone takes a cab, they're paying for a "car that could drive itself". There's a huge market for this. How much more often would you take a cab if the cost was dramatically lower? Not to mention the existing market for professional drivers that aren't transporting people.
- flowerlad 7y agoPeople don’t always know what they want. Before Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone how many people knew they wanted a smart phone?
- rootusrootus 7y agoAnybody who had a palm pilot with a cellular radio strapped to the back :).
- flowerlad 7y agoTouché! I do think Apple owes PalmOS a lot! I wish other platform vendors such as Microsoft had also copied from PalmOS.
- jeffreyrogers 7y agoI don't think that's the reason. There's a lot of money going into self driving cars and a lot of talented people working on them. The reason is that it's easy to make a self-driving car that can drive in predictable situations (first done in the 80s), but it's extremely hard to make one that handles unusual situations.