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“Here’s A Terrible Idea” Response Draft The article “Here’s A Terrible Idea: Robot Cars with Adjustable Ethics Settings” addresses an ethical dilemma brought about by good intentions. With an estimated 35,000 people killed each year in vehicular accidents in the US, the development of autonomous cars has the opportunity to save thousands of lives. However, this solution that could save so many lives raises multiple ethical questions. Is killing one person better than killing 5? Is killing an…

Connected Cars: Traditional Automobile Industry’s Strive for Relevance A connected car is an intelligent motor vehicle with in-built internet accessibility, which enables it to interact with a host of objects, such as – smartphones and wearables, city infrastructure such as smart parking and traffic signaling systems, surrounding motor vehicles, home/office automation devices, cloud infrastructure, etc. The traditional automotive industry is ripe for disruption over the next few years as the…

placed in infant-only/rear-facing car seats for their safety. Special handles on these seats enable a carrier to be removed independently from the car allowing parents the ability to move their children without having to take them out of their car seat. Therefore, ease of installation and removal should be high on list of requirements. Children transitioning from infant to toddler height and weight can be moved to convertible car seats. This just means the car seat can be rear-facing (safest…

Your Subaru car, whether it is an Impreza, Legacy, or Forester, is not an average car. It is, in fact, a high-performance vehicle. And for a high-performance vehicle, what you need is a great service. When you take your Subaru to maintenance or routine service, tell the dealer to use only the genuine Subaru parts, if required. There are no replacements for the genuine Subaru parts. With the genuine Subaru parts, you can retain the supreme performance of your ride for many years to come. These…

The idea of an electric car is not new, they were around before Ford’s Model T made gasoline vehicles take over the market. (energy.gov (2014)) The improvements in the technology surrounding that idea are making it more feasible and an increasingly attractive option for customers in the USA and the world. In 2014 the market leader was the Japanese produced Nissan Leaf, followed by the Chevrolet Volt. Coming up behind these and expected to make major gains in the electric car market is newer…

can do to make sure that your car stays in great condition. When you are on the road, you should drive carefully. When you are not driving, you should make sure that you are following your car's routine maintenance schedule. Getting oil changes on a regular basis is one of the easiest things you can do to make sure that your car stays in great condition. You should not prolong getting your oil changed. After a few thousand miles, you might start to notice that your car is not performing at…

Automated jobs have eliminated whole job markets with factories filled with robots and machines. Now, though, we have come to a point where our transportation systems might see a similar shift. Autonomous vehicles (AV), more specifically self-driving cars, and the technologies that surround them have been on the rise in the last few years, with some even already on our roads today. Because this technology is still in its infancy with a lot of questions still unanswered, the implementation of AVs…

Now that self-driving cars are becoming a reality, they may impact society because of competition with big auto companies. They will have competition with uber, taxis and insurance companies will start to lose money. Google is building the self-driving cars in detroit for other companies to build. The self-driving car would be 100% electric and could drive a range of 100 miles. A self-driving car will now have sensors that can detect thing before it happens. Google says it is covering 10,000…

engineers (Tesla, 2015: Burns, 2014). Their main aim was to prove that electric cars could do better than local gasoline powered automobiles. Their products would be cars with instant torque, incredible power, and zero emissions, with each new generation becoming more affordable than their competitors'. Tesla launched its first car in 2012, the model that was the first electric Sedan (Tesla, 2015). It was a four-door car with a capacity of seven passengers. It had a flat battery under the…

your car, driving itself, heads over to your mother’s house to drop off your daughter for the evening. In the meantime, your partner and yourself are able to get dressed just in time for the cars return to take you both to those expensive dinner reservations you had scheduled weeks prior. Or perhaps, your headed to work in the morning, briefcase, and that deadline report are in hand as you open your car door, push a simple button, and proceed to review the report while your autonomous car…