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Automaker Daimler AG and parts supplier Bosch Group are teaming up to make driverless cars that they say could be on city streets at the start of the next decade.
The companies would combine expertise in car making, sensors and software so that people in a specific part of town could order a shared car through their smart phone. The driverless car would then come pick them up and take them where they want to go.
The companies said Tuesday the system would let people make better use of their time in cars and help those who do not have driver's licenses.
The auto industry and tech firms have been investing heavily in autonomous driving technology. Many basic elements of autonomous driving are already in use, such as driver assistance systems that can keep cars in freeway lanes or detect pedestrians ahead. But legal issues surrounding driver responsibility remain to be solved.
Other automakers are also working on the concept. Competitor Volkswagen showed off an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel and facing sofa-style seats at the Geneva auto show last month. Alphabet's Waymo, the former Google autonomous car project, is testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in the United States with test drivers aboard.
In Soviet Russia, a car you don't drive is called a "taxi."
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:15PM (2 children)
Nvidia's third generation [wikipedia.org] of autonomous/car computer uses 20 Watts [nvidia.com]. Add in a little storage and that might go up by a few watts.
Here's a LIDAR system [autonomoustuff.com] with a power consumption of "8 W (typical)" and no "visible rotating parts" (outside of the device).
It seems like you could do everything within 100 Watts, rather than 7,000 W.
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:23PM (1 child)
Noone will need more than 640 W. **ducks**
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday April 05 2017, @08:14PM
Shouldn't that be 640 kW? :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.