Posted on 08/16/2016 3:51:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Ford intends to have a fully driverless vehicle — no steering wheel, no pedals — on the road within five years.
The cars will initially be used for commercial ride-hailing or ride-sharing services; sales to consumers will come later.
Ford CEO Mark Fields announced the new goal Tuesday at the company's Silicon Valley campus in Palo Alto, California, sparking rumours it could sell the cars to Uber - which is already testing its self driving systems using the firm's vehicles in Pittsburgh.
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Nair says Ford will continue developing driver-assist systems, like automatic emergency braking or lane departure warning.
But making personal cars more autonomous is dangerous, he said, because Ford hasn't figured out how to make sure drivers stay engaged and ready to take back the wheel when the car encounters an obstacle. Removing the driver solves that problem.
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Where will they be made?
How will they be powered?
Coal fired power plants hooked upped to those lil funny outlet poles at rite aid
I would be willing to bet performance falls off at the same rate autonomous driving takes hold.
Johny stole those scenes from Arhhhnoldddd
Judging by the fact that I have never owned a car with power windows in which those windows did not fail totally, I cannot imagine a hotter form of road hell than autonomous cars.
“driverless” cars are not driverless, so all talk about them is a fraud.
If you don’t like the way they drive, then stay off the sidewalks!
“We hope you enjoyed the ride.”
Why ? Will jobs be abolished ?
I’m waiting for the lawsuits when one of these contraptions takes some poor schmuck to the wrong side of town.
I looked forward to my 57 Bel Air being hit by an autonomous car and then suing the big pockets who made the botcar back to the neolithic.
What do you mean? I’m serious. Dont have a clue.
OK, even though old, that there is still funny LOL.
Does one tip the computer?
Corbin ma man
Ford keeps funding BLM, the least of their worries will be autonomous cabs...
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