09/11/2019

Autonomous Car Predictions Are Overly Optimistic

Source: Fleet Management Weekly

An autonomous vehicle continuously scans, detects, processes and, microsecond by microsecond, responds to what it sees or senses under, around and above the vehicle. Even weather is factored in.

Communication between autonomous vehicles is key to safe and effective autonomous operation.

Phasing out non-autonomous vehicles, necessary for sufficient vehicular intercommunication, must be staged over time region by region. Dominant autonomous car production and use throughout the country are years away.

Read the article at The Washington Post.