The big difference is that people actually wanted those products so the bugs were worked out and they were successful. The market does NOT want driverless cars. The public is being lied to in an attempt to sell them something they instinctively don't want and for countless good reasons most importantly is the threat to individual liberty.
You might not want driverless cars, but I am part of the market also and I want them.
Not quite sure about the "threat to individual liberty" you seem to see. But, as an older guy, I see driverless cars as increasing my individual liberty. The day when someone tells me I should no longer drive may never come.
People in high cost areas can afford real houses. 2+ hours drive to work isn't nearly so painful if I can doze while the car handles traffic for me. A coffee machine that brews me a cup 15 minutes out and hands it to me is going to be the big new option.
“The market does NOT want driverless cars...most importantly is the threat to individual liberty.”
I love the feeling of getting in a car and heading down the road.
I recently had the chance to drive from the West Coast to Colorado. I didn’t do anything special; just went from point A to point B. Well, I did have a nice dinner when I stopped for the night.
It was the best time I’ve had in years. Lake Tahoe, pine forests, mountains, salt flats, Salt Lake, alone with the scenery and my thoughts...It allowed me to leave all my cares behind, for just a couple of days.
When cars are “autonomous,” we will only be able to go where the government says we can go.
IOW...it's not a hardware issue (such as a light bulb) it's a programming issue. It's infinitely more complex.
Oh no, the market wants them. Even the most negative surveys they’ve done show that they’ll have a higher market penetration than motorcycles.
While I do not want one as I enjoy driving but I think everyone would want a safer car. Driver assists are already being added, such as braking assistance, rear camera lane changing assistance with certainly more improvements to come. Over time the question is will cars mold into a driverless mode.I talk with someone recently who bought a Honda Civic that had the ADAS System.He was happy it with and I was impressed. Time will tell.
” in a new Civic, a 25-mile drive can be made with the driver’s hands off the wheel and his foot off the gas so long as lane markings are visible and another vehicle is in front of the car, according to the WSJ. The Civic can sense when it should slow down, veer, or brake.”
http://fortune.com/2016/03/14/self-driving-car-honda/