http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/07/content_7377617.htm

Probably, but who cares, we won't have anything to burn in it in 10 years.

I'll be watching it travel all over, alone, looking for someone to accompany it somewhere. :D

Who's responsible for damages if my driverless car hits something? Better not be me :rolleyes:

I thought we had driverless cars, they are called trains.

Let's first see if GM can make a reliable 'driver' car first, before they start on any more mechanics or electronics.

Let's first see if GM can make a reliable 'driver' car first, before they start on any more mechanics or electronics.Well, the driver is usually the least reliable part of the equation. I'm sure we'll get self driving cars eventually. Probably just on the highways, at least at first.

Well, the driver is usually the least reliable part of the equation.
I guess you've never driven an American car.
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I'm sure we'll get self driving cars eventually. Probably just on the highways, at least at first.
I don't see that happening for at least 50 years or more.

If the driverless A.I. runs on windows vista we are fucked.

I guess you've never driven an American car.
Most cars I've owned have been American. The reliability of US cars is right up there with the Japanese these days. I currently own 2 American cars and have had no major problems.

Let's first see if GM can make a reliable 'driver' car first, before they start on any more mechanics or electronics.
I'm a huge fan of their partnership with Holden.

GM powertrain + Holden chassis = vehicular awesomeness. The GTO kicked ass, and I have high hopes for the G8. The Gen III/IV small block V8 is an amazing engine, and the Gen V that is on the horizon will bring direct injection with it, which will only make it better.

The ultimate absurdity - no passengers at all. We're already down to the one passenger norm, in long lines of jammed vehicles. Now the driver can stay home, and jsut send the car to go sit in the jam.

Tell 'em to make a 3000 dollar car, and I'll drive it myself. The only tech improvement in the past fifty years worth jack for safety or convenience was the third brake light at eye level.

The only tech improvement in the past fifty years worth jack for safety or convenience was the third brake light at eye level.

Really? How about seat belts and air bags? I'll trade your your eye level third brake light any day for those. And automated stability control is going to save thousands of lives when it becomes mandatory.

I could see this as an improvement if it ended traffic jams, which are not inevitable, but caused by human factors. Multiple cars could act as a single unit, like a train.

wouldn't driverless cars need a certain kind of road? Would it matter if GM could make a million driverless cars if the roads weren't made for it?

I could see this as an improvement if it ended traffic jams, which are not inevitable, but caused by human factors. Multiple cars could act as a single unit, like a train.
Preemptive throttle modulation to prevent rubbernecking slowdowns, hell yeah.