Driverless cars will have a big effect on communities everywhere. It will change the way people live and go about their day. Back in the early 1900s Henry Ford would have never dreamed of there being cars that could drive themselves. Cars have come a long way since they were invented, by increasing in technology and price. The advancement of cars have made travelling from different towns much easier and faster. “In 1913, the United States produced some 485,000 of the world total of 606,124 motor vehicles. Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal called the four-cylinder, fifteen-horsepower, $600 Ford Model N (1906-1907) ‘the very first instance of a low-cost motorcar driven by a gas engine having cylinders enough to give the shaft a turning …show more content…
“The cost of implementing the new technology could be way out of reach for most Americans. Currently, the engineering, power and computer requirements, software, and sensors add up to more than $100,000...” (Auto Insurance). Technology that is $100,000 or more would make the cars very expensive because of the unique technology. “The cost of sophisticated electronics, including lidar, radar, sensors, cameras, computing and networking devices, on top of the cost of additional development, maintenance, and liability, will price driverless cars out of reach of most consumers.” (Mui). Although building the cars will be expensive, companies will still want to make them.
If uber wanted to make the cars bad enough then they will find a way even if it is very expensive. Companies wants to get ahead of the competition, and be the first to have driverless cars work properly in communities. “Uber is racing tech competitors like Google as well as traditional automakers. It promised in mid-August to have autonomous taxis ferrying passengers around Pittsburgh by the end of the month, a deadline that, mayor Bill Peduto says, had originally been in November…” (Quartz). If Uber is one of the first companies to have fully working driverless cars, then they could get more