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> Self-driving cars are really just an incremental improvement to what high-end manufacturers like Mercedes or BMW already offer. So you are telling me that I

by elteto 13y ago

> Self-driving cars are really just an incremental improvement to what high-end manufacturers like Mercedes or BMW already offer. So you are telling me that I can go to a Mercedez/BMW dealer right now and get a car that almost drives itself in regular traffic conditions? Simply not true. There's a lot of assisted driving technology (blind spots alarms, HUDs, assisted parking) out there, but nothing like Google's self-driving car.

micampe 13y ago
“The company says it is preparing to launch in 2014 its first batch of autonomous vehicles capable of driving up to 31 miles per hour. The limited speed reflects the technology’s expected initial use in heavy traffic. Volvo says it is working on higher-speed autonomous driving, but isn’t yet disclosing when it would be available. Its prototypes have run thousands of miles of test drives on public roads in Spain and on the company’s test track in western Sweden.” 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-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_cruise_control_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_cruise_control_syst... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precrash_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precrash_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_departure_warning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_departure_warning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_car#Notable_projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_car#Notable_projects
- elteto 13y ago
  Well the examples you are citing are PR reports or some assisted driving technologies. While some car companies might be working hard on their projects, as of right now, only Google has shown a working prototype performing on street traffic, and their technology is simply not an incremental step from anything else out there, as he claimed. That was the point I was trying to refute, I was not saying that nobody else is working on it but Google.

by elteto 13y ago

micampe 13y ago

“The company says it is preparing to launch in 2014 its first batch of autonomous vehicles capable of driving up to 31 miles per hour. The limited speed reflects the technology’s expected initial use in heavy traffic. Volvo says it is working on higher-speed autonomous driving, but isn’t yet disclosing when it would be available. Its prototypes have run thousands of miles of test drives on public roads in Spain and on the company’s test track in western Sweden.” 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-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_cruise_control_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_cruise_control_syst... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precrash_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precrash_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_departure_warning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_departure_warning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_car#Notable_projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_car#Notable_projects

elteto 13y ago
Well the examples you are citing are PR reports or some assisted driving technologies. While some car companies might be working hard on their projects, as of right now, only Google has shown a working prototype performing on street traffic, and their technology is simply not an incremental step from anything else out there, as he claimed. That was the point I was trying to refute, I was not saying that nobody else is working on it but Google.