You may see this on Class 8 trucks on specialized lanes early on - there is a lot of work going on in this area. It will have a big impact on goods movement.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Dec 1, 2020, at 2:22 AM, Martin WINLOW via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > David Roden: > 'I'm also skeptical about the future of SDVs (self driving vehicles). I > think that they'll eventually, maybe soon, take over in closed-circuit uses, > but probably not on public roads. I think that they'll be pushed out for > sale too soon, and the resulting spectacular and highly publicised fatal > accidents will sour the public on them. We may also see legislation against > them. > > Limited features such as driver assistance - basic Tesla autopilot > functionality, lane-holding features, collision avoidance, "smart" speed > limiters - yes, absolutely. But full self driving - I don't think so, not > on public roads, not in my lifetime. " > > I’m not so sure… Ultimately it all comes down to money and if, as I suspect > is quite feasible, autonomous vehicles develop sufficiently to the point > where they prevent ~90% of road traffic collisions (RTC), generally, then the > savings in financial terms will, on its own, make autonomous vehicles happen, > wether we like it or not. The costs I’m talking about are, for example, to > insurance companies from prevented personal injuries, to national and local > government and related agencies and authorities in dealing with the aftermath > of collisions (both immediate and subsequent eg emergency services, court > time, pathologists etc, etc) not to mention the huge and often completely > overlooked costs of post-collision traffic congestion… the list goes on. > > Regards, Martin Winlow > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20201201/9e5063be/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
