Why self-driving cars have stalled



Fully fledged self-driving technology appears to be perpetually just around the corner. It is a promise that the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, has made almost every year since 2013.
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But in the real world, it is still an open question whether level five self-driving automation is actually possible. Josh Toussaint-Strauss finds out how close industry frontrunners have come to full automation and assess the scale of the problems standing in their way.

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46 thoughts on “Why self-driving cars have stalled”

  1. I believe 18/19 were Driver under the influence or driver error. Therefore Bit of a cheap shot at the end to put it mildly imo. I have now cancelled my £100 annual donation (for previous 5 years I have been a donor) to Guardian Media, I will be buying Tesla Shares with the savings for now on.

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  2. You never have to ask someone if they drive a Tesla. If they do they’ll tell you. Seems to make up about 2/3 of their personality. Most don’t even know much about cars but will talk about Tesla like it’s gods gift to man and not what it really is a funky car with a lot of problems. The worst part is the superiority complex a lot of Tesla drivers have.

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  3. The first self-driving vehicles we see will be lorries, not cars. In a lorry it is no problem if the sensor equipment coast 20000€. And in difference to Tesla they do not work with cameras and artificial intelligence try to identify thing on pictures. They use sensors and if the street is not free they simply stop.

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  4. The question is: Why do you ask questions with false assumptions? We are MUCH closer, not NO closer. You can tell this because people who used to say it was impossible are now saying it's late!

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  5. One thing is to make autonomous cars driving around in sunny California. Another thing is to do the same in parts of the world with heavy snow, poor or missing road markings, and in a climate where you are nearer to the elements.

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  6. 19 fatal crashes is still better than many, if not all, other brands have for their car models in fatal crashes (assuming you correct for the amount of miles driven to make a fair comparison)

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  7. And lets not forget that tesla cars were disengaging the auto pilot seconds before impact so they could blame the drivers for the mistake and claim the autopilot was off at the time of the crash

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  8. I'm a heavy equipment driver and I'm opposed to self driving vehicle! That's very bad for my well-being and those millions of operators/driver's all over the world! Let's all stand together and not let this happen! Stop automation! Automation is evil! Automation kill's!

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  9. If I wanted a self driving car, I would just take the bus.
    I want a car I can drive. I want a manual transmission . Oh.. and I want it run on gas.

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  10. Is that an empty bag blowing in front of me os something more solid? – do I slam on the brakes now and risk getting rear ended or risk assuming driving on through?
    Wait !- Is that an empty bag with the image of a dog printed on side – or is it an actul dog? or maybe its' an actual dog with an empty bag caught on its collar. ….

    Just one of the many billion trillion (infinite) interacting problems that your brain can recognise & process after 18 years plus of life on earth and being consciously aware and intelligent (mostly). IMHO any such A.I. that can drive like humans do in all circumstances will mostly likely have to very similar fully functional everyday all round intelligence / sentience that humans possess – with having met most circumstances and sitiuations in life and have a fully rounded life experience to boot!. Which may yet happen (one day).

    But if it did then you intend to trap this intelligence in your car and force it to drive you around? Definiitons of Modern day slavery and fundamnetal morality issues of enslaving an intelligence to do your bidding spring to mind?

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  11. Besides the technical and legal aspects, the human one is often neglected. Anyone who owns a car wants to drive it. If not, you might as well take a taxi or public transport. The very essence of driving a car, as on a bicycle, a motorbike, a paraglider, etc. means being in control, being responsible for your vehicle, as well as for your life. This freedom is a powerful driving force in a society increasingly controlled by robots and computers.

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  12. my 2018 has driven autonomously on the highway since 2018… guardian has a strange take on reality. maybe they think more news stories will help the engineering???

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  13. Stopped watching when the narrator asked why we are “no closer“ to self driving cars. This reflects extreme ignorance of the massive advances Tesla and other automakers have made.

    For the interested – watch the most recent Tesla FSD videos on YouTube. It’s amazing what these cars can do now.

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