Autonimous Elios

[AriLea]

This is futurism at it's best. I was just thinking, wouldn't the Elio make an awesome and very inexpensive autonomous taxi?
That is, if you call for a ride for one passenger, they send an Elio. ( no driver ).. There is high-tech research going on all over the place, which includes such things;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...tually-replace-drivers-self-driving-cars.html

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/176672-autonomous-taxis-why-you-may-never-own-a-self-driving-car

Apple Hiring Automotive Experts
Soulskill posted 2 days ago | from the cars-with-just-one-button dept.
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An anonymous reader writes: A report at the Financial Times (paywalled) says Apple is on an aggressive hiring push to pick up automotive experts. Recent rumors suggest Apple is putting together a transportation research lab, and nobody outside the company is quite sure why. It's unlikely they's want to build an entire car themselves, but quite possible they see a big space for Apple technology within motor vehicles, much as Google seems to. They already have CarPlay, and it will doubtless grow, but we still don't have anything approaching a dominant platform for car software. Whatever they're working on, it looks like the competition for more robust computer technology in cars is heating up.

 

[JEBar]

I well remember the first time I ever pushed a button and put a truck on cruise control .... it was a panic moment when I felt I had no control whatsoever over the truck .... if it ain't on rails, I just can't see me getting into a vehicle with no driver

 

[CompTrex]

I well remember the first time I ever pushed a button and put a truck on cruise control .... it was a panic moment when I felt I had no control whatsoever over the truck .... if it ain't on rails, I just can't see me getting into a vehicle with no driver

Ah... you say that now.
There will come a day. Maybe not with you or me, but soon this will be as common as cruise control.

 

[JEBar]

Ah... you say that now.
There will come a day. Maybe not with you or me, but soon this will be as common as cruise control.

that day will probably come for others .... doubt I'll be around long enough to see it

 

[Rickb]

We currently have 5 passenger commuter vehicles with one occupant 80% of the time. The future holds the sighting of self driving 2 passenger commuter vehicles completely empty on the way to way to pick up 1 or 2 passengers.

Maybe Apple should Partner with Elio Motors and just build the Apple technology into an electric Elio platform.

 

[AriLea]

I well remember the first time I ever pushed a button and put a truck on cruise control .... it was a panic moment when I felt I had no control whatsoever over the truck .... if it ain't on rails, I just can't see me getting into a vehicle with no driver

I use to think of my Cruise Control as total waste of time. Now I use it all the time, sometimes just to limit my tendency to speed.
The rule is, if it is useful and convenient, it will be used.

 

[CompTrex]

I use to think of my Cruise Control as total waste of time. Now I use it all the time, sometimes just to limit my tendency to speed.
The rule is, if it is useful and convenient, it will be used.

That's exactly how I use mine. If it weren't for cruise, I'd have MANY points on my record. I tend to creep up in speed to either keep with traffic or close the gap between me and the car in front of me.
Now, I set the cruise on 6 MPH over the speed limit and never have to worry about speeding. Makes me laugh when cars go by me only to jam on their brakes when they see a policeman.
Funny, some people in my car, namely my wife, still say "look out, there's a cop ahead."
If you're not breaking the law, -or at least only breaking it by 6 MPH - who cares if there are cops ahead?

 

[Thomas Maule]

im convinced that one day, after autonomous vehicles are common and accepted, that thousands will die and/or be maimed due to a bad software patch.... automatically installed for your convenience and safety, of course... I won't have one as long as I can still drive, and being in my very early 30's still, that's going to be a loooooooong time. Besides, I just don't like the controll factor... No computer is going to tell me what the speed limit is, or when its safe to cut across 3 lanes of traffic....

 

[CompTrex]

[snip], or when its safe to cut across 3 lanes of traffic....

um... never?

[EDIT] But then again, I'm the guy that started the 'drift into the other lane' thread, so what do I know?

 

[Thomas Maule]

i'm an agressive driver...