Until recently, automated driving technology had not been considered as a suitable replacement for humans; the idea of cars being given a destination and taking its passengers without human intervention, at best, would have belonged in a sci-fi novel just a decade ago. But will this still be case in the near future? Despite the rapid evolution in the automotive industry, it may take several decades before autonomous vehicles can fully replace human drivers in all situations. There are simply too many limitations for the soon-to-be-available autonomous vehicles to truly be considered driverless for a long time. Recent development such as Google’s self-driving car and Tesla’s autopilot brought attention to the highly-automated driving technologies.
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It will explore through some of the important details and information regarding self-driving cars to further help understand its strengths and weaknesses, and show that it may not be a good idea for these vehicles to completely take over humans quite yet.
One of the main misconceptions with self-driving cars are regarding how a self-driving car is defined, and who decides whether a car is autonomous or not. Many people mistakenly believe exaggerated capabilities of these vehicles, due to the media incorrectly using the terms like “self-driving,” “autonomous,” and “driverless” inaccurately (). This has often resulted in confusion and misconception regarding the ability of vehicles with automated systems, but knowing the formal classifications of these vehicles can better understand the capability of various types of automated systems.
National and International organizations, such as the US-based National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and SAE International, or Society of Automotive Engineers, defined a standard for the classification of cars with automated systems in them. …show more content…
These fleets of cars consist of both normal cars modified to support self-driving capability, and vehicles built from the ground-up for autonomous driving. Tesla, a car company renowned for their electric vehicles, recently announced that all models of their cars now have hardware capable of “full self-driving” -- as they put it-- after a period of “beta-testing” their autopilot software capable of level two automated driving [11]. Whether these cars are truly capable of “full self-driving” at level 5, or not, remains to be
It will explore through some of the important details and information regarding self-driving cars to further help understand its strengths and weaknesses, and show that it may not be a good idea for these vehicles to completely take over humans quite yet.
One of the main misconceptions with self-driving cars are regarding how a self-driving car is defined, and who decides whether a car is autonomous or not. Many people mistakenly believe exaggerated capabilities of these vehicles, due to the media incorrectly using the terms like “self-driving,” “autonomous,” and “driverless” inaccurately (). This has often resulted in confusion and misconception regarding the ability of vehicles with automated systems, but knowing the formal classifications of these vehicles can better understand the capability of various types of automated systems.
National and International organizations, such as the US-based National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and SAE International, or Society of Automotive Engineers, defined a standard for the classification of cars with automated systems in them. …show more content…
These fleets of cars consist of both normal cars modified to support self-driving capability, and vehicles built from the ground-up for autonomous driving. Tesla, a car company renowned for their electric vehicles, recently announced that all models of their cars now have hardware capable of “full self-driving” -- as they put it-- after a period of “beta-testing” their autopilot software capable of level two automated driving [11]. Whether these cars are truly capable of “full self-driving” at level 5, or not, remains to be