Why autonomous and self-driving cars are not the same(economist.com)

Why autonomous and self-driving cars are not the same

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/07/economist-explains?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ee/st/autonomousselfdrivingcarsexplainer

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TooFreshForTech11 anni fa

Autonomous cars will no doubt become more common in the next few years. But for self-driving cars to become the norm, a lot of industries will have to be completely changed.

And with the way lobbying works nowadays in the US, I doubt we'll see any changes anytime soon.

SlipperySlope11 anni fa

Wages of truck drives in the USA are well over 100 billion dollars annually. Wages of taxi drivers in the USA total over 4 billion dollars annually.

Cost saving is the reason for the rapid replacement of the human-driven vehicle fleet.

It took only 20 years, 1900-1920, for human-driven automobiles to replace horses - which was a bigger change with regard to infrastructure.