[Rebelbase]

“The EV is used by its Cruise Automation division for autonomous testing, and a future version without steering wheel or pedals is getting ready to go into production.” “

With the coming peak of more senior citizens than youngsters the idea of restricting grandma and grandpa to a car without a steering wheel and pedals is going to be appealing to a market segment.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In my opinion autonomous vehicles will not survive First Contact with the American tort bar.

[libstripper]

Love the creepy eyes. Robot driver looks a lot like a whitened up Obola. Perfect “driver” for a Government Motors Obolamobile.

[wbill]

As my parent's generation (and frankly, my own) ages, I can see the need for a driverless car. Maintains the freedom of having your own wheels, even after you probably shouldn't be driving.

Right now? Heck no. In 30 years? Maybe. Would be nice to still have the ability to go out whenever I feel like it, without needing to call someone.

But the reality? Once adoption is more widespread, and more people start getting killed in car accidents, the technology is going to stall, I think.

I think that self-driving trucks on the highway would be a technical possibility, with "switchpoints" (maybe at rest areas?) to put drivers in for the last-mile driving.

[ichabod1]

Just think your driverless car will always go exactly as fast as the law allows.