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Maria Gurova

The Personal Blog of Zack Kanter - How Uber's Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million J... - 1 views

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shared by Maria Gurova on 05 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • . Autonomous cars will be commonplace by 2025 and have a near monopoly by 2030
  • They will cause unprecedented job loss and a fundamental restructuring of our economy, solve large portions of our environmental problems, prevent tens of thousands of deaths per year, save millions of hours with increased productivity, and create entire new industries that we cannot even imagine from our current vantage point.
  • Morgan Stanley’s research shows that cars are driven just 4% of the time,5 which is an astonishing waste considering that the average cost of car ownership is nearly $9,000 per year.6
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  • The car purchasers of the future will not be you and me – cars will be purchased and operated by ride sharing and car sharing companies.
  • , it is unlikely that major automakers like General Motors, Ford, and Toyota will survive the leap.
  • while startup automakers like Tesla will thrive on a smaller number of fleet sales to operators like Uber by offering standardized models with fewer options.
  • 884,000 people are employed in motor vehicles and parts manufacturing, and an additional 3.02 million in the dealer and maintenance network.22 Truck, bus, delivery, and taxi drivers account for nearly 6 million professional driving jobs. Virtually all of these 10 million jobs will be eliminated within 10-15 years
  • Maria Gurova on 05 Nov 15
     
    an article about autonomous transportation and how disruptive they might be not only for the car and transport industry but for entire economy
Maria Gurova

Tesla's Model S Has New Autopilot Tech--And I Just Sat Behind The Wheel | Fast Company ... - 0 views

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shared by Maria Gurova on 16 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Tesla is rolling out version 7.0 of its software, and with it new autopilot features that allow the car to stay in its lane, change lanes, and parallel park itself.
  • the new Autosteer feature. This is designed specifically for highway driving, and when engaged keeps the car in its lane. When you need to change lanes, you flip your turn signal and the car will move over on its own when it determines it’s safe to do so.
  • That "hands-on" detail is an important one. CEO Elon Musk emphasizes that the update is a public beta. "We say keep your hands on the wheel because it’s very important to exercise caution at this early stage,"
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  • Musk acknowledges that eventually we’ll not only be able to take our hands off the wheel, but there won’t be a steering wheel to begin with.
  • "This version doesn’t take into account stop signs and stop lights, but a future version will,"
  • "The more miles that are driven the better it will get," says Musk. "People should see the car improve with every passing week."
  • Maria Gurova on 16 Oct 15
     
    Autosteer feature that has been added to the recent update of Tesla vehicles software update is another step toward self-driving cars. In 10 years time the technology might lead to a accessibility of driving to everyone without the necessity of having a driving license 
Vladimir Antonov

Self-driving cars: Honda aims for highway-capable model by 2020- Nikkei Asian Review - 0 views

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shared by Vladimir Antonov on 27 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • - Honda Motor plans to offer cars that can drive themselves on highways by around 2020
  • With Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor having announced their plans, the three largest domestic carmakers now have timelines for self-driving vehicles.
  • Honda this year started adopting what it calls Sensing technologies
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  • automatic braking, help avoid hitting pedestrians and perform other functions
  • Autonomous cars are expected to reduce traffic congestion and accidents, in addition to easing the burden of long-distance driving for the elderly and others
  • speeding up development of related technologies such as mapping features and sensors.
  • Western automakers and technology giants like Google are also developing self-driving vehicles
  • Vladimir Antonov on 27 Oct 15
     
    Honda Motor plans to offer cars that can drive themselves on highways by around 2020, part of an attempt by Japanese automakers to move ahead of foreign rivals in this new high-tech field.
Ekaterina Yanovskaya

Driving in the Networked Age | Reid Hoffman | LinkedIn - 0 views

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shared by Ekaterina Yanovskaya on 20 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • how soon will it be illegal to operate human-driven cars on public streets?
  • autonomous vehicles will also be able to share information with each other better than human drivers can, in both real-time situations and over time. Every car on the road will benefit from what every other car has learned. Driving will be a networked activity, with tighter feedback loops and a much greater ability to aggregate, analyze, and redistribute knowledge.
  • when thousands and then even millions of cars are connected in this way, new capabilities are going to emerge.
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  • But the benefits of self-driving cars are so significant that in time the public will demand prohibitions against old-fashioned legacy driving in most public spaces
  • there are more than 2 billion legacy cars on the road, globally. Currently, the car industry can only produce around 100 million new vehicles a year. Just from a manufacturing perspective, it could take 20 years to build a new fleet that approximates the one we have now.
  • Ekaterina Yanovskaya on 20 Jul 15
     
    driverless cars that will function with a "zero
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