Self-Driving Cars Scaring More People Than Ever: Study

[AzScorpion]

Ford decided to shut down Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle tech company that it backed financially. This really isn't all that surprising (tome anyways) seeing as this study has been over a 4 year period. I think the "cool" factor at first has worn off for some and they're now realizing there's dangers involved with these. That and then there's those who "thought" you could take a nap and still drive. lol

https://fordauthority.com/2023/03/self-driving-cars-scaring-more-people-than-ever-study/

That organization’s latest annual automated vehicle survey – which polled 1,140 U.S. adults ages 18 years or older – found that while many Americans are interested in semi-autonomous driving features, most are growing even more leery of the idea of full self-driving cars. In fact, the percentage of respondents who indicated that they are “scared” of fully autonomous vehicles rose from 55 percent last year to 68 percent this year, which comes as a bit of a surprise to the folks that conducted the study.

“We were not expecting such a dramatic decline in trust from previous years,” said Greg Brannon, director of automotive research for AAA. “Although with the number of high-profile crashes that have occurred from over-reliance on current vehicle technologies, this isn’t entirely surprising.”

Much of this problem, according to AAA, simply stems from confusion over what current autonomous technology is capable of doing. In fact, one in ten drivers surveyed believe that they can buy a vehicle that drives itself while they sleep, though such a thing isn’t yet available to purchase. Additionally, a total of 22 percent of those surveyed believe that current driver support systems have the ability to drive the car by itself without any supervision.

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[DukeCanBuildit]

How Ford views autonomous technology… ?

How Tesla drivers view autonomous technology… ?

 

[AzScorpion]

How Ford views autonomous technology… ?

How Tesla drivers view autonomous technology… ?

That seems to have been the biggest misconception. To many people thought they could just get in a the vehicle would 100% take over and they could either sleep or play around on their phone. While I do like some of this new technology stuff like this just makes people even more lazy. Plus as we've (well some) have learned technology isn't fool proof and I'd never trust a full autonomous vehicle.

Every time I think of an autonomous vehicle I think of this.

 

[CO2Ranger]

And yet...
https://electrek.co/2023/03/03/heres-how-many-evs-ford-plans-to-produce-2023/

Not sure why every article on electric vehicles has to be negative on here. It's amazing how many people shit on cell phones in their infancy (they're too big, the batteries don't last long enough, my reception sucks,...). Now everyone has one and the technology is leap years over the first models. It took 25 years to go from Motorola StarTAC to iPhone. 25 years from the Tesla Roadster/Leaf (officially launched in 2008/2010 respectively) would be 2033/2035, but I think that EV tech is advancing MUCH faster than cell phones ever did.

I don't own an EV but will in the future. The tech is coming, it will get better, and your kids and grandkids might look at your ICE vehicle like we look at a wall-mounted phone or payphone today.

Also, nearly all real innovation has started with government leading the charge:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...private-sector-products-investment-innovation

[preparing for the incoming shit-storm of a very unpopular opinion on here I'm sure]

 

[AzScorpion]

And yet...
https://electrek.co/2023/03/03/heres-how-many-evs-ford-plans-to-produce-2023/

Not sure why every article on electric vehicles has to be negative on here. It's amazing how many people shit on cell phones in their infancy (they're too big, the batteries don't last long enough, my reception sucks,...). Now everyone has one and the technology is leap years over the first models. It took 25 years to go from Motorola StarTAC to iPhone. 25 years from the Tesla Roadster/Leaf (officially launched in 2008/2010 respectively) would be 2033/2035, but I think that EV tech is advancing MUCH faster than cell phones ever did.

I don't own an EV but will in the future. The tech is coming, it will get better, and your kids and grandkids might look at your ICE vehicle like we look at a wall-mounted phone or payphone today.

Also, nearly all real innovation has started with government leading the charge:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...private-sector-products-investment-innovation

[preparing for the incoming shit-storm of a very unpopular opinion on here I'm sure]

This has nothing to do with EV's? It's only about autonomous vehicles.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

And yet...
https://electrek.co/2023/03/03/heres-how-many-evs-ford-plans-to-produce-2023/

Not sure why every article on electric vehicles has to be negative on here. It's amazing how many people shit on cell phones in their infancy (they're too big, the batteries don't last long enough, my reception sucks,...). Now everyone has one and the technology is leap years over the first models. It took 25 years to go from Motorola StarTAC to iPhone. 25 years from the Tesla Roadster/Leaf (officially launched in 2008/2010 respectively) would be 2033/2035, but I think that EV tech is advancing MUCH faster than cell phones ever did.

I don't own an EV but will in the future. The tech is coming, it will get better, and your kids and grandkids might look at your ICE vehicle like we look at a wall-mounted phone or payphone today.

Also, nearly all real innovation has started with government leading the charge:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...private-sector-products-investment-innovation

[preparing for the incoming shit-storm of a very unpopular opinion on here I'm sure]

You can count on it….

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[AzScorpion]

You can count on it….

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I'd hate to be the poor person inside that ride. ?

 

[CO2Ranger]

This has nothing to do with EV's? It's only about autonomous vehicles.

The futures of the two techs are unfortunately linked. While GM is touting some autonomy in its hybrid vehicles, long-term autonomy will ride the coat-tails of EVs, though admittedly that tech is farther behind.

 

[diesel924]

And yet...
https://electrek.co/2023/03/03/heres-how-many-evs-ford-plans-to-produce-2023/

Not sure why every article on electric vehicles has to be negative on here. It's amazing how many people shit on cell phones in their infancy (they're too big, the batteries don't last long enough, my reception sucks,...). Now everyone has one and the technology is leap years over the first models. It took 25 years to go from Motorola StarTAC to iPhone. 25 years from the Tesla Roadster/Leaf (officially launched in 2008/2010 respectively) would be 2033/2035, but I think that EV tech is advancing MUCH faster than cell phones ever did.

I don't own an EV but will in the future. The tech is coming, it will get better, and your kids and grandkids might look at your ICE vehicle like we look at a wall-mounted phone or payphone today.

Also, nearly all real innovation has started with government leading the charge:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...private-sector-products-investment-innovation

[preparing for the incoming shit-storm of a very unpopular opinion on here I'm sure]

Think the electric vehicle has made a positive impact on this kid's life? Would you want YOUR kid right next to him?
The list of negative consequences goes far beyond cost and lack of driving range. But no matter what, EV's are going to be crammed down everyone's throats whether they want them or not.

 

[AzScorpion]

The futures of the two techs are unfortunately linked. While GM is touting some autonomy in its hybrid vehicles, long-term autonomy will ride the coat-tails of EVs, though admittedly that tech is farther behind.

You were making it sound like it was another EV bashing thread which it's not. I know I post a lot of negative EV threads but this for once wasn't one of them. lol

Not sure why every article on electric vehicles has to be negative on here.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

 

[CO2Ranger]

Think the electric vehicle has made a positive impact on this kid's life? Would you want YOUR kid right next to him?
The list of negative consequences goes far beyond cost and lack of driving range. But no matter what, EV's are going to be crammed down everyone's throats whether they want them or not.

He's a rock chipper. In his country people get paid to make gravel, albeit very little. Explain to me how this kids life has anything to do with an EV? They chipped rocks before EVs and they'll still be chipping rocks after.

 

[RedlandRanger]

I think Tesla, for all the good it has done in the EV sector for innnovation, has spurred a lot of the negative perceptions about autonomous driving. Marketing what is essentially a high tech cruise control as "full self driving" gives people the complete wrong perception over what the technology is capable of today. If they had been more honest in the marketing of it, perceptions might be different.

"Full Self Driving" is indeed impressive, but it is certainly a long ways from being fully autonomous. Someone once told me "you can be correct 99.9% of the time, but that .1% where you screw up is what is going to make the news". When autonomous vehicles fail, they typically fail in pretty spectacular fashion (see the Tesla's that rammed into objects at full speed without ever having applied brakes or attempting to avoid said object).

We seem to be continually "5 years from fully autonomous vehicles" - kind of like we are 5 years from cold fusion or 5 years from the perfect battery.....

 

[CO2Ranger]

I think Tesla, for all the good it has done in the EV sector for innnovation, has spurred a lot of the negative perceptions about autonomous driving. Marketing what is essentially a high tech cruise control as "full self driving" gives people the complete wrong perception over what the technology is capable of today. If they had been more honest in the marketing of it, perceptions might be different.

"Full Self Driving" is indeed impressive, but it is certainly a long ways from being fully autonomous. Someone once told me "you can be correct 99.9% of the time, but that .1% where you screw up is what is going to make the news". When autonomous vehicles fail, they typically fail in pretty spectacular fashion (see the Tesla's that rammed into objects at full speed without ever having applied brakes or attempting to avoid said object).

We seem to be continually "5 years from fully autonomous vehicles" - kind of like we are 5 years from cold fusion or 5 years from the perfect battery.....

I admit it's hard to focus on autonomous vehicles when you're building rockets to try to colonize Mars and taking over random social media platforms ? He's crazy but I appreciate his enthusiasm.

 

[Grumpaw]

Self driving vehicles, self flying/operating planes, artificial intelligence, eventually will lead too....

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