Re: [EVDL] Remote Controlled Cars (was: Re: Anti-Elon bumper sticker business)

2024-12-05 Thread Lawrence Winiarski via EV
The cynic in me also may think that the task of the remote driver is to be blamed and accept liability in the case of an accident, protecting the corporation from liability. In the case of an Uber autonomous vehicle killing a pedestrian, Arizona prosecutors ruled that Uber was not criminally re

Re: [EVDL] Remote Controlled Cars (was: Re: Anti-Elon bumper sticker business)

2024-12-03 Thread Lawrence Winiarski via EV
I thought Elon said people couldn't work remotely  He's sending mixed messages On Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 03:30:05 PM PST, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: On 3 Dec 2024 at 1:55, Evan Foss via EV wrote: > they are hiring remote drivers. -- next part ---

Re: [EVDL] Remote Controlled Cars (was: Re: Anti-Elon bumper sticker business)

2024-12-03 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
Google already does this with the Waymo fleet. The car will alert a driver in the control center if it needs help figuring something out, and then that driver can take over or just tell the car what to do to get out of its situation. You don't need any special bandwidth or latency requirements, a

Re: [EVDL] Remote Controlled Cars (was: Re: Anti-Elon bumper sticker business)

2024-12-03 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
As far as I understand it, the only task for remote drivers is not to drive the car, but essentially to nudge a stuck car into making the right decision to get unstuck, for example when a delivery driver has blocked enough of a travel lane and the robocar cannot make up its mind whether to chance i