“Once the realm of science fiction, driverless vehicles could revolutionize automotive travel over the next few decades” (Driverless Vehicles Timeline). About seventy-eight years ago company’s such as General Motors and Tesla are trying to make self driving cars the new normal. These vehicles rely primarily on sensors, cameras, and connection. The new generation of self driving cars need to be aware of the faults that come with these vehicles. Self driving vehicles are not beneficial to society because the high chance of technical problems, hackers, and cost.
“1956: GM introduces the Firebird II, a concept car capable of being guided by electrical wires embedded in the road.”Many people would not know that back in 1956 the GM introduction of the Firebird 11 was capable to be guided by electrical wires embedded in the roads. Through the years in 1995, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, where able to
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“Still other potential customers may be deterred by the high costs of all the needed sensors, cameras, computer chips and software. With present technology, this could add $10,000 to the cost of new vehicles, although that is expected to decline with time, says Leard.” The average price on a new car or truck sold in the U.S. since April was $33,560. Taking the average price of a vehicle and adding an additional $10,000, this will equal a low price of a self driving car. Though this amount still may not be enough to buy one of these vehicles; the average person income will not be able to afford the vehicle and all its extra qualities. Buyers also need to think about how much it will cost to fix the sensors, computer chips, and the software. The common auto repair shops do not have to knowledge or skill to repair these vehicles advanced programing