Elon's still pursuing a pure camera-based sensor package for autonomous driving, including the Cybercab, since it's cheaper and retroactively improves the existing Tesla fleet.
How manyA 2 seater, hug? They missed out calling this the Rickshaw
I don't see why ICE vehicles couldn't utilize some aspects of the new assembly process (except for it being patented), but ICE is more complex to manufacture in general since there are more moving parts to deal with.
I'd buy one in a heart beat. I only use the car to go shopping and occasionally down the Pub and it pisses me off walking back the next day to get it with a hangover.
Elton to put a shortcut on the dash that takes them to the nearest drive-thru.Coming soon, the "cyber-barge"
Are you 'allowed' to be drunk in self driving car? Or is there a distinction between a steering wheel equipped car with auto-drive and these autonomous taxi things?
If you are I hope they were smart enough to make the inside completely water repellent so at the end of the day they can hose down the insides to remove the all the filth. (They can automate that too right? To get rid of the puke and urine.)
No peddles or steering wheel, you absolutely can.
In current self driving Teslas you must still stay alert while the Tesla takes you places, if not you get strikes against you that disables full self driving.
Self-driving cars are here already in the States, several major cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco have full adoption.
Yeah that makes sense. I had a friend back in my Seattle days that said as much, said electric cars are much simpler machines despite being much more expensive, due to the battery being the centralized singular component.
Yeah, overall the risk of fire is less with EVs, and the battery packs can be isolated and fire shielded very well, but it's still high density energy.Yeah that makes sense. I had a friend back in my Seattle days that said as much, said electric cars are much simpler machines despite being much more expensive, due to the battery being the centralized singular component.
Fun fact, about two years ago and some change I saw an electric car battery fire in southern Maine when we were traveling for my daughter's band stuff. There was a collision and the whole road was shut down as the fire was incredibly high, hot, and roaring out of that car. Not saying anything about electric cars, (combustion engines go up like a MF too obviously), but it was quite a site I'll say. Thank goodness there was a really nice coffee shop near where we could just sit and wait for the fire department to clear everything.
I have no point to bringing that up other than talking about electric vehicles reminded me of it
The shortest route from A to B is a straight line.THROUGH?!?
Thats what I understand as well; fire risk is definitely lower, but a collision is a collision, and it's a high power battery, so it's gonna happen. At the end of the day, people just need to learn to drive safely and defensively, regardless of what kind of engine they're in.
Autonomous driving handles that completely, at least. Waymos drive defensively and obey all the traffic laws. Massive reduction in serious crashes and colliding with pedestrians and cyclists.
Something people don't think about in EVs is the danger of going under guard rails in an accident since guardrails were designed to catch most of the weight of a car from their engine compartment and EVs, especially cars are super heavy much lower to the ground with that battery
Yeah that makes sense. I had a friend back in my Seattle days that said as much, said electric cars are much simpler machines despite being much more expensive, due to the battery being the centralized singular component.
Fun fact, about two years ago and some change I saw an electric car battery fire in southern Maine when we were traveling for my daughter's band stuff. There was a collision and the whole road was shut down as the fire was incredibly high, hot, and roaring out of that car. Not saying anything about electric cars, (combustion engines go up like a MF too obviously), but it was quite a site I'll say. Thank goodness there was a really nice coffee shop near where we could just sit and wait for the fire department to clear everything.
I have no point to bringing that up other than talking about electric vehicles reminded me of it
Honestly? Fuck yeah. I know people are paranoid about them, and I understand that to a degree as it's scary to turn over control to a machine when you're used to driving, but dammit humans are just fucking awful. That's why I'm so pro AI and automation in general; I feel that humans are proving more every day that much of the population can't be trusted to do the right thing, so I'm fine with just relying on machines that have consistently quality programs and routines, as they're simply more trustworthy than people. I honestly can't wait to see these in Maine, though I feel it will be a while for obvious reasons there, what with our tiny population and all :/.Autonomous driving handles that completely, at least. Waymos drive defensively and obey all the traffic laws. Massive reduction in serious crashes and colliding with pedestrians and cyclists.
Waymo stats:
Jesus that is horrible man. I feel awful for them. I hope that's a priority for the engineers.
I've ridden in a Waymo probably 10-15 times, and I felt like it drove completely safely, obnoxiously so, in fact.Autonomous driving handles that completely, at least. Waymos drive defensively and obey all the traffic laws. Massive reduction in serious crashes and colliding with pedestrians and cyclists.
Waymo stats:
Yeah, Waymo's definitely slower than the typical Uber driver, but the cars are clean, you can speak freely, connect your Spotify, and it's ~10x safer. The trade offs are worth it I think.
Wow, that would mean if they had them here in Massachusetts and they ever went on the highway they'd stick to the right most lane, which is literally the travel lane and the lane you're supposed to use. For those that don't know in Mass you're literally supposed to stay in the right most lane on the highway except for passing. The irony? So many people use the other lanes that often you can go the fastest in the right most lane because it's empty.
This is more like an Earth phenomenon than a Massachusetts thing.
Just to be clear on this, various states have various rules on driving in the left lane. Mass is nice in that the rule is simple, the travel lane is the right most lane, the other lanes are passing lanes. But like you've noticed, most people ignore it. (About the only way to get pulled over for it is if you drive in the left lane so obliviously that you didn't notice the statie that you've been holding up for 30 seconds to a minute. They hate that.)
2 years, I meant. Haha
This will eventually be proven incorrect but a lot of people still cling to the LIDAR delusion in the hopes that Elon will somehow fail
Elon's word isn't gospel. More high quality sensory data > less sensory data, when utilized well.
The problem of sensor contention when achieving sensor fusion is unsolved, because on a fundamental level the visible spectrum has different wavelengths than LIDAR and therefore the two technologies "see" differently. Humans never need to achieve sensor fusion, we have only our eyes, and yet humans can drive safely when they are alert and paying attention
Waymos are currently logging millions of miles without anyone in the driver's seat. FSD 13 still needs supervision. Yes, FSD can be used in a wider variety of circumstances, but in the scenarios where Waymos are used (city driving) FSD still can't be trusted to operate fully autonomously. Tesla is aiming to solve that, but has been aiming to for a very long time. A skeptical posture is reasonable at this point until the results are live. Clearly Tesla's confidence is growing, as we see with the Cybercab approaching completion and Robotaxi trials expanding rapidly.
