Driverless cars are not far from today. Tesla founder Elon
Musk has claimed his electric car company is just two years away from launching
the driverless cars he announced last month. He said that they were going to end
up with complete autonomy, would have complete autonomy in approximately two
years.
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| Tesla's Driverless Cars |
In the process of making driverless car technology a reality, they are thinking of creating many pieces and putting them in place to make sure they work across a huge number of environments. Tesla's launched Autopilot software in October
2014. It provides vehicles with a degree of autonomy. The system includes
sensors to measure possible collision risks, and a front-mounted camera to
detect road features and pedestrians.
In December 2015, the Tesla unveiled plans to produce fully driverless cars that would compete with Google, after seeking new staff to join its Autopilot software team. At the time, Musk said he would be recruiting new staff personally, and that driverless car technology would be of super high priority for Tesla.
The company recently launched an update to the software in some of its driverless models, which means the cars can now park themselves on the road, and be called by their owner within a range of three miles. The updates also include changes to the cars' driverless capabilities. The vehicles now automatically able to follow speed-limit restrictions on residential roads.
However, while Musk seems confident about the development of driverless cars or vehicles, he told that road laws are lagging behind and approval for use on public roads could take longer. He also agrees with the current legislation of forbid driverless cars on roads because data is not yet there to support a fully autonomous vehicle. Musk had previously claimed that human-operated vehicles would eventually be outlawed, once technology had progressed to the point where autonomous cars were safer. He pointed out that at the time when it becomes statistically clear that an autonomous car is safer, the regulators will be comfortable to allow it.
Google is in talks with several major car manufacturers about bringing its self-driving cars to market by 2020, and Mercedes-Benz and Volvo have also released autonomous concept cars.
In December 2015, the Tesla unveiled plans to produce fully driverless cars that would compete with Google, after seeking new staff to join its Autopilot software team. At the time, Musk said he would be recruiting new staff personally, and that driverless car technology would be of super high priority for Tesla.
The company recently launched an update to the software in some of its driverless models, which means the cars can now park themselves on the road, and be called by their owner within a range of three miles. The updates also include changes to the cars' driverless capabilities. The vehicles now automatically able to follow speed-limit restrictions on residential roads.
However, while Musk seems confident about the development of driverless cars or vehicles, he told that road laws are lagging behind and approval for use on public roads could take longer. He also agrees with the current legislation of forbid driverless cars on roads because data is not yet there to support a fully autonomous vehicle. Musk had previously claimed that human-operated vehicles would eventually be outlawed, once technology had progressed to the point where autonomous cars were safer. He pointed out that at the time when it becomes statistically clear that an autonomous car is safer, the regulators will be comfortable to allow it.
Google is in talks with several major car manufacturers about bringing its self-driving cars to market by 2020, and Mercedes-Benz and Volvo have also released autonomous concept cars.
