The 7 kinks that need to be worked out before driverless cars go global
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/11381433/The-7-kinks-that-need-to-be-worked-out-before-driverless-cars-go-global.html
Analysis of impact of Driverless and potential roadblocks
How driverless vehicles will change everything
What has to change...
Driverless cars: applying existing laws to innovative technologies won't work http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/26/driverless-cars-existing-laws-technology
New Simulation focuses on transition impacts
How Driverless Cars Could Make Traffic Dramatically Worse
Questioning the time frame for adoption of Driverless cars
Is the Age of Driverless Cars Really on our Horizon? http://insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/is-an-age-of-driverless-cars-really-on-our-horizon
Questioning the time frame for adoption of Driverless cars
The following article highlights the question of how quickly we can transition to Driverless technology.
Given the extended period people tend to own their vehicles for, any model which expects people to buy their own driverless car will suffer a longer adoption period.
But why buy your own vehicle when driverless opens up the first really practical opportunity for community ownership and personalised ride sharing?
If we factor in a move away from personal ownership then i believe we can transition in a far more compressed timeframe...certainly within 10 years. ...
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Is the Age of Driverless Cars Really on our Horizon?
A driverless future? | Thinking Highways :: H3B Media
A Country-wide Vision
The following article sets out a future vision which many other countries could and should emulate. This is how to position your business and research community to gain the maximum advantage from the coming transition to driverless.
Singapore is going to beat everyone to having driverless cars everywhere:
5 confounding questions that hold the key to the future of driverless cars - The Washington Post
I like this article as it does pose some of the major questions, however, I don't think these alone will determine the future of driverless cars and I strongly believe the liability issue is being dramatically overstated....
Passengers in driverless self-driving cars will have to be ready to take the wheel | Daily Mail Online
It's to be expected that Governments will be conservative initially, but longer term I believe such requirements will be abolished as research shows humans cannot be relied upon to resume control in an emergency...after all, even experienced airline pilots struggle to resume command of aircraft in similar circumstances...
Driverless cars 'may never be safer than a human' - Telegraph
Looking at post Driverless car cities
A useful and insightful article which really just scratches the surface of the implications to cities.
Uber Urbanism: 5 Ways Driverless Cars Will Transform Our Cities
http://architizer.com/blog/ueber-automatics-5-ways-driverless-cars-will-transform-our-cities/
Driverless cars snatch the headlines at CES
Article on Mercedes Driverless concept car which includes promotional video
This article includes a very cool Mercedes promotional video...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/mercedes-luxury-motion-driverless-car-4949708
Boston Consulting getting on board with the Driverless revolution
Useful piece of research but I think it's way too conservative in terms of speed of adoption. Also, I urge caution when relying consumer surveys as the wider consumer base knows relatively little about the topic they're been questioned on, hence the structure of the survey will often dictate the result.
http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2015/01/09/260002.htm
Volkswagen Tech Integration
Here's an article showcasing some of the latest thinking on technology integration into vehicles. This sort of software driven car paves the way for software which can auto pilot the vehicle in the future. Perhaps the best future cars will even be software upgradeable to drivers at some ...
Volkswagen Debuts new Practical Features for Tech/Vehicle Integration
An MIT-Singapore Partnership Is Launching a Driverless Car Pilot Program - News and reviews - Boston.com
This article highlights the willingness of US advanced researchers to work with foreign countries when the conditions are right...we could and should be replicating this model in New Zealand!
Just a thought...
We need a roadmap which sets out the steps to transition from fully manually driven cars to driverless. Perhaps mapped to a timeline as well?