I predict that in ten years, we'll have at least five options for fully autonomous electric vehicles.

submitted by DefNotASandwich from self.PredictTheFuture

My coworker who is into cars was astounded by me saying this the other day, so I thought I'd go ahead and post it here. I just don't think it's that outlandish of an estimation. Maybe I'm wrong? Only time will tell.

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[–]Tortoise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Idk if we will have a huge market by then given we have zero now, but we may actually have a choice.

[–]Extract 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know for a fact of a few companies in my country working on them for a few years now - and the current results are already close enough to human to be able to offer those vehicles, if not the countless regulations in place.

So, I agree that in 10 years (even 5) there will be many options - I do not, however, think those options will be actually legal in most countries for another 15-20 years.

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think you're on to something. Afaik, all Tesla vehicles already have the hardware built-in to be fully autonomous. They just lack the software.

If all Tesla models get the software update within ten years, we would technically have several options for fully-autonomous electric vehicles.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Six at least. :)