Posted on 09/07/2014 6:11:05 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
The 2017 Cadillac model will feature “Super Cruise” technology that takes control of steering, acceleration and braking at highway speeds of 70 miles per hour or in stop-and-go congested traffic, Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said Sunday in a speech at the Intelligent Transport System World Congress in Detroit. GM declined to release the name of the model that will carry the feature.
Barra also said GM in two years will become the first automaker to equip a model with so-called vehicle-to-vehicle technology that enables the car to communicate with other autos with similar abilities to warn of traffic hazards and improve road safety. GM will make the V2V feature standard on its 2017 Cadillac CTS sedan, debuting in the second half of 2016, she said.
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Drivers education classes will be reduced to operation of OnStar, SiriusXM and A/C controls.
We now own a 2007 Nissan Titan and a 2010 Honda Ridgeline. We are VERY happy with them.
Hmm...can they share this tech with their Pontiac division? I’d like a black Trans Am that can drive itself.
Oh, and if they can add a swervy red light up front and a speech module tuned to sound like William Daniels as optional equipment, that’d be kinda great too.
No, they can’t share with the Pontiac division. They shut it down several years ago, along with Oldsmobile, Saturn and Hummer. No more Trans Ams, not OEM ones, at least. There are a few modders creating “new” Trans Ams by modifying new Camaros.
Not particularly. I had an extensive consultation with a friend who is very savvy about vehicles...not prone to liking one over another. He said the Dodges had a shorter shelf life. I need to get about 250,000 miles, which I did in my last two Chevys.
I drive a long way to work. I actually plan on retiring in the next 5 years. That should be long before I hit that mark in this truck since I am semi retired now.
A Cadillac that reimburses taxpayers and former stockholders is what I want!
When that happens, including interest, I will look at a GM product again even though I have bought scores of them previously in my life.
Yeah, but...couldn’t they open it back up long enough to build me my own Knight Rider car?
I mean, hey, I already helped bailed them out with my tax dollars. A talking Trans-Am isn’t too much to ask! :-)
2013 - Volvo Autonomous Cars full version
Video doesn't show car stopping at lights or responding to a left-turn arrow as examples.
I look forward to this techonology.
“”As badly as GM has lost their way, why would I trust them to drive my car?””
As badly as the Obamatrons have lost their way, why would you let them control your healthcare.
With a route to the dealer pre-programmed for all the recalls.
I got a job in the city and am commuting by train for the first time in my life. Although it's 1.5 hrs each way, it's preferable to driving 1 hr each way, because I can use my computer to work on my side business. 25 years ago, the stuff we do today was unimaginable.
That thread is titled:
Fast Food Workers in for Big Surprise
I've linked to a video that predicts a fully automated world in the future.
My post was as follows:
Sobering reality of the coming automated world
It's not just the fast food and low-skill jobs that are going to be replaced by robots. This video makes the argument that essentially all of our current jobs will be replaced by automation.
As an example (from the video) that makes a strong argument, driverless vehicles don't have to be perfect, they simply have to be statistically less accident-prone than human-operated cars. That tipping point isn't decades away. Many people don't realize we are only a few years away from it.
I just bought a car this year, replacing one I'd had for about 10 years, as I tend to hang onto them for a while (something I think is common among Freepers, I'd bet). This car I just bought might be the last car I ever own that isn't driverless (in some respects). And if you think you can simply still hold onto that 15 year old, reliable beater come the year 2022, just contemplate how the insurance for your 'old-tech' car might be so cost prohibitive as to render it too costly to keep on the road.
For the Freepers thinking they'll never own one of these automatic-autos, I say to you, you're not going to have a choice unless you're willing to spend a great deal more on insurance. A car that drives itself in a measurably safer fashion than all of us will indeed be the way we're pushed into this next generation of vehicles. It really is inevitable.
And to bolster my point, we really already have cars that can drive themselves. I recently saw a video of an Infinit Q50 driving itself using lane departure avoidance and adaptive cruise control. That part is simple and the tech is already running in cars. What is now under development are cars that adjust to all the oddball events that happen in day to day driving, like cyclists in the right lane or things dropping off cars all around us, like loose loads or tire tread or whatever. Indeed, one can easily imagine a google-driven car using the latest google map information knowing every turn and intersection with real-time traffic flow before it even begins it's journey.
I think Dodge has vastly improved their trucks in the last five years and they get the best MPG of any full size now by a wide margin. I’m not in the market for a truck, so it doesn’t concern me.
I will. It’ll be awesome for cross country trips. Heck even for cross town, catch up on your reading while you go to work. Driving is just not that exciting a task.
Except on your schedule with more storage space.
We should all refuse to refer to “self-driving” cars.
They are “government-driven” cars. You will go only where the government says you can go.
One of the stupidest ideas ever.
And it’ll probably be an electric Cadillac to boot!
The guy who started and built Saturn dropped dead of a heart attack shortly before they started building cars. For what?
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