[central_va]

Although I am of the opinion that the self driving car is mental masturbation, I admit it would be cool to text the local Food Lion my order send my car to the supmarket parking lot have it loaded with my groceries and drive itself home. And beep when it arrives.

[cuban leaf]

Although I am of the opinion that the self driving car is mental masturbation, I admit it would be cool to text the local Food Lion my order send my car to the supmarket parking lot have it loaded with my groceries and drive itself home. And beep when it arrives.

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That is the kind of thing we are talking about here: just as the white LED put lighting where we never even thought about putting it, the as yet undiscovered uses of cars that don’t nee a driver are legion. And without passengers and all the the parts necessary to accommodate them (e.g. safety and comfort), they could be uber efficient.

Once we have reliable auto-drive cars, the whole game changes.

Actually, there is a lesson in this sort of thing to be learned from a movie I own: Surrogates. Especially when the main character decides to abandon his surrogate and just walk on a city sidewalk. (hint: it’s dangerous).