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Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:03 pm
by Pivot
Japan is preparing to launch autonomous vehicles in Tokyo by 2020, just in time for Olympic Games:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japa ... SKCN1J00VN

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:05 pm
by johnd
Pivot wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:03 pm Japan is preparing to launch autonomous vehicles ...
As indeed is the UK:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/indu ... s-end-year

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:34 pm
by Rab J
Not long now and then all the EV verses ICE debate will be superfluous. With autonomous yes it will surely EV, but only in a white goods level. Savour every moment we have being the nut behind the wheel while we can. At least the H&S folks will be happy once the biggest danger is removed from the driving equation. :ugeek:

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:50 pm
by SAC1
:^^^ what's that the autonomous car's on-board computer :lol:

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:03 pm
by Col Lamb
Rab J wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:34 pm Not long now and then all the EV verses ICE debate will be superfluous. With autonomous yes it will surely EV, but only in a white goods level. Savour every moment we have being the nut behind the wheel while we can. At least the H&S folks will be happy once the biggest danger is removed from the driving equation. :ugeek:

:o

Oh so probable.

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:06 pm
by Rab J
You'll can have a 55" in your pod. Just think how many buttons can be transferred to that :D

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:52 am
by Pivot
Another building block:

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:03 am
by Deleted User 1874
Rab J wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:34 pm Not long now and then all the EV verses ICE debate will be superfluous.
Yeah, maybe just another 30 years or so....

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:06 am
by Deleted User 1874
Pivot wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:52 am Another building block:
Pretty cool, but considering the state of our roads I can't see it taking off any time soon in the UK.

Re: Autonomous vehicles

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:17 pm
by Rab J
Peteski wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:03 am
Rab J wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:34 pm Not long now and then all the EV verses ICE debate will be superfluous.
Yeah, maybe just another 30 years or so....
"Thirty years" A mere blink of the eye. I'll only be ninety and a menace on the roads so maybe autonomous will be everyone else's savour lol :shock: