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Why should they buy it? I think a lot of people in the tech community are under the impression that this is something Google has invented and that this will be
by cremnob 14y ago
Why should they buy it? I think a lot of people in the tech community are under the impression that this is something Google has invented and that this will be a new cash cow. The reality is car companies have been working on this technology for a while, with many "intelligent" features already existing in higher end cars.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoGoogle seems to be ahead of the curve in this tech. I'd love to be proven wrong, have any links?
- cremnob 14y agoI've been reading about this randomly over the years so I don't have any links in mind, these are off Wikipedia. http://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/an-automated-adventure-at-the-wheel-of-a-driverless-bmw http://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/an-automated-a... http://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/01/gm-says-driverl/ http://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/01/gm-says-driverl/ http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/tools/news/pool/2010/07/new_look__reaffirmed.html http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/tools/news/pool/2010/07/n... http://media.vw.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=89FFC8CECBE997E4488B0F78F529C3B2?&id=746&allImage=1&teaser=driving-without-driver-volkswagen-presents-temporary-auto-pilot&mid=138 http://media.vw.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=89FFC8CECBE997... http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1068584_2013-mercedes-benz-s-class-to-debut-autonomous-driving-system http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1068584_2013-mercedes-ben... http://media.cadillac.com/media/us/en/cadillac/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Apr/0420_cadillac.html http://media.cadillac.com/media/us/en/cadillac/news.detail.h... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19829906 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19829906
- Someone 14y agoAlso: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EUREKA_Prometheus_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EUREKA_Prometheus_Project. A mean time between human interventions of 9 km may not seem something to brag about, but this project ended before Google was founded aka 10 Moore's generations ago. I think Mercedes has continued working on driverless cars ever since.
- taligent 14y agoVolvo are planning to ship their first self driving cars in 2014. http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2012/12/03/volvo-plans-to-roll-out-self-driving-cars-in-2014/ http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2012/12/03/volvo-plans-to-...
- klochner 14y agoA friend from grad school was working on this at Toyota about 6 years ago, so I can confirm this didn't somehow take the car companies by surprise.