I am not enamored with auton vehicles, but I do foresee likely having one in my future (dmv may not let me drive when I am older and my eye issues worsen).
So, for some people the auton feature will be useful (the too young or old to drive, the inebriated, etc.). For others, that are rabidly against auton, making outspoken statements without having all the auton facts nor knowledge ... their rage will continue, see http://www.topgear.com/car-news/future-tech/11-reasons-fear-autonomous-cars http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/auto-shows/north-america/biggest-hurdle-for-self-driving-cars-isnt-technology-but-our-comfort/article28031099/ http://www.autonews.com/article/20160505/OEM06/160509930/billions-are-being-invested-in-driverless-cars-that-americans-dont http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/six-reasons-to-love-or-loathe-autonomous-cars/ https://www.quora.com/Are-autonomous-cars-going-to-kill-the-joy-of-driving http://www.wired.com/2012/02/robo-car-haters-are-wrong/ Whether ice/fcv or plugin, automakers will copy(steal) from each other, thus almost all are on the auton-bandwagon. We as consumers can look at this in many ways: -Are automakers throwing million$ into auton so they can continue to make billion$? (they see a profit in it, whether we want it or not) -Are automakers just adding features their competitors are offering, to compete? (just do, without truly thinking it through ... ) -Are automakers thinking gadget rich products sell better? (are they still as arrogant as in the past, thinking they know better than the consumer?) -Is this another 'feature' that only a portion of drivers will use (the car may have the auton ability but the driver isn't using it), and maybe makes a need for LED indicators on the outside of the vehicle to show other humans, a human is not driving (in auton mode)? Life is just full of changes. When you were born, determines how many changes you have seen and incorporated into your life. IMO, to totally fight all new tech, is a losing battle. In the past some new features offered in cars have fallen by the wayside. And some of those features are here to stay. Who is to say that in the future the bio-control-chip you were GMO born with will make all hand and foot driver controls moot (because you only have to think what you want) ... relegated to being only a rarely used piece of emergency equipment? (like that dinky 55 mph spare tire, and cheesy-soft-metal China-made jack) {I am not saying I support this as a good thing} Remember way back when the push-button gear shifter was placed in the center of the steering wheel http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yiZY3NdIGVc/UXYNQUmYaTI/AAAAAAACg1U/O6AzzcdN6Zk/s1600/DSC_0216small.jpg or on the dash? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCwfJQKinGQ/TokyltjkZtI/AAAAAAABqn8/kDRVx2IYiho/s1600/DSC_0476a.jpg Why did those go away? Was it that something better came along, or was it that the automakers thought they knew better, even though no one wanted it? http://mentalfloss.com/article/55030/11-features-you-no-longer-see-cars Features You No Longer See in Cars ... A sign of the times ... Today, no one sees the old rotary dial phones used anymore. Now it is almost all wireless phones ... When did that change occur you you life where no more slow, non-automated dialing, etc. People paying by check or delaying paper (WIC) at cash registers are abandoned in line (people see they will have to wait, pick up their items, and quickly move to a different check out line, etc.). People have changed to make a stigma of anything that isn't fast and easy, etc. Banks have forced the abandonment of the magnetic strip credit card, for the embedded rfid chip credit card, letting anyone remotely read the rfid chip ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_identity_theft#Controversies Like the automakers, why did the banks force this? IMO change happens to all of us. Become knowledgeable, so you can pick the battles that you will have a better chance to win at ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-GM-s-1st-200mi-EV-will-launch-as-a-driverless-autonomous-Lyft-platform-tp4683046p4683066.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
