Self Driving Electric Cars

Are Americans ready for cars that can drive themselves?, will it be safe for “ai’s” on the road instead of normal human drivers?, and how will this be beneficial to traffic, crashes, and time? In the Newsela article, “pro/con: self-driving cars are just around the corner. Is it a good thing?”, By Tribune News Service, Self-driving cars remove many of the human mistakes that cause injuries and deaths. Self-driving cars can also help disabled and elderly people get from place to place on their own. The self-driving cars that are now being developed use many forms of technology to drive themselves. Radar, cameras and other devices are used to "see" the world around the car. Advanced computer systems drive the car from one destination to another without any help from humans. Self-driving cars offer such a wealth of advantages that it makes little difference whether Americans are ready. Americans need to get ready. Self-driving cars will soon be in their rearview mirrors.

The biggest problem with these cars is determining certain situations where humans usually can react quickly. The cars have to determine certain cenerios, such as driving off the side of the road or breaking if theres another vehicle coming towards you. Legislation is also another big problem that would have many issues. Such as determining who's fault it was for the accident when you wern't even the one driving. Roadworks is another thing these cars would have to determine such as the speed limit being changed in roadwork zones. When you are driving in the rain its already hard to see out in front of you. With the lasers it would be much harder to determine the objects and there distances. With more people relying on internet, hacking is becoming a greater issue. It is very possible that these vehicles could be hacked into to cause people to take control. These are very serious issues when it comes to someones life or

Cars are something that almost every person has or will use in their everyday life or need to use their car to get to and from work or school everyday. Well in this paper you will learn about what technology has done to change the Automotive Industry as well as your everyday life. This paper will be focusing on the Technologies inside of the car, along with the Technologies that keep you safe and also a little bit about Self-Driving Cars. So fasten your seatbelts while you are reading this paper.

In recent years, car manufacturers have produced some very large, high gas consuming behemoths. However, even if the car isn't a major gas consumer, people still expect the car to be advanced and will be disappointed if their expectations are not met. For additional information on the topic, I asked my father for his experiences with cars around the 1980s era when he was a teenager. What I learned was that the car he drove was, “clunky and at times inconvenient to get around in, but you could get the job done without any need for a computer directing you”. The features, such as computers and backup cameras, make cars safer to be in, but most people treat those additions like toys and aren't satisfied with the improvements made. This is why manufacturers are constantly having to churn out advancements and come out with new, revolutionary ideas to please their buyers.

In the article, “Will Self-Driving Cars be Good for America” (March 10, 2016), Robert Peterson argues that America is ready for self-driving cars to take over the streets. The author first reports the statistics of car related accidents in America, and how much the damages have cost in all; he then presents all the benefits of autnomous cars by discussing how it will benefit people of all ages by limiting expenses, and being able to reach a destination without the need for a license; and to conclude, he then finishes his article by alerting the audience that they need to get ready for what’s about to happen to the automotive industry in America. His purpose is to inform the reader in order to convince them that autonomous cars are the only

First driverless cars are much less likely to crash. In fact “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that between 93 percent and 95 percent of car accidents are caused by human error” (par. 5, Tribune). This study displays

Firstly, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated 2,200 lives were saved due to electronic stability from 2008 to 2010 (Villasenor). This demonstrates how technological advancements might even be scary at the beginning and hard to get used to, that it will be worth it in the long run. Next, advanced innovations are being tested, such as safely navigating through streets, to prove that this technology is capable (Villasenor). Without people driving these cars, and computers navigating through the streets instead, there will be less accidents as well as deaths. Finally, road deaths have dropped from 53,000 in 1970 to 33,000 in 2014, which is even more impressive when you hear that the population has doubled and the number of miles we drive per year has tripled (Dashevsky). This demonstrates that innovations have been working for the past years, if the amount of deaths per year have been decreasing. In summary, these technological advancements have improved our lives greatly over the past

He includes organizations and people who work at a high level in different automobile industries to convey what each of their perspective is upon the idea of self-driving cars. Hence, he also used direct quotes from young Americans who don’t own a car to demonstrate having a car isn’t necessary, and demonstrates how these mobility services might impact automotive industries and smaller companies as well. Despite Boudette’s lack of adding to the text the negative perspective of autonomous vehicles, he does manage to open the minds of many citizens upon the idea of having self-driving cars in the near future is a positive thing for our growing society and how it may benefit the automobile industries as

“Self-Driving Trucks May Be Closer Than They Appear” article was written by New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty. The article basis was about the recent invention of the self driving car also known as the Tesla and how self driving trucks were starting to make an appearance in the self driving car industry because of the benefits it would have. Quoted in the article, “Trucking is a $700 billion industry that touches every corner of the economy. Trucks haul natural resources from mines to forests.” (Dougherty) Many more reasons are stated in the article about the vast use of trucks for transportation in the article. It also states the worldwide benefit of having self-driving trucks in the economy.

Michael Huff Dr. Palacios Rhetoric and Research 24 April 2017 Are Self-driving Vehicles Safer Than Human Operated Vehicles? “Humans have since the days of Leonardo da Vinci’s supposed robotic cart dreamed of true automobiles: Self-driving cars” (Vanderbilt). Today the possibility of riding around in self-driving automobiles is more real than ever. Today there are self-driving cars being tested by multiple companies such as Google, Ford, Uber, General Motors, and more. The question everyone is asking is, are these self-driving vehicles safe? Some people argue that they are going to reduce the amount of fatal crashes in the world while others say they are more dangerous than human drivers. Self-driven vehicles promote more road safety

Driverless cars will have the biggest impact on public health of any advancement in automobile history, eliminating up to 90% of all traffic fatalities in the U.S.

The Negative Side to Self-Driving Cars Since the beginning of self-driving cars which first began in 1925 with the creation of the Houdina Radio Control; a car operated by two cars, a transmitter, and an antenna, to now - the futuristic dream of these autonomous cars have transformed into the reality of cars we see now. These cars are nothing short of the new technology advances that have occurred over the past decade. However, with these advances many question whether or not these cars are ready to be sold, due to the fatal accident that occurred May 2016 involving the autonomous Tesla and a white truck. Due to the Tesla not being able to detect the white tractor because of technological issues, the tesla failed to stop, and since the driver was not prepared to steer, it lead to the fatal collision eventually leading to the death of the tesla owner. With the increase of these cars on the road, from companies like BMW, Daimler, Ford, Apple, Uber, and Google, this poses a serious threat to not only the people operating this autonomous vehicle but also to the surrounding drivers. I believe that autonomous cars should not be put on the road, and that these cars are not beneficial to the population.

There is a long list of positive things about driverless cars, but there is another side to that coin. What happens when there is a failure from the computer or other components of the car? Would this cause serious accidents and injuries or even the worst-case scenario death? According to the article Are We Ready for Driverless Cars,” Currently, the car’s sensors are unable to cope with poor weather conditions like heavy rain and snow-covered streets”. (Ibrahim Balkhy, 2013) Another unanswered question that has come up is who would be at fault if an accident were to occur and how would it be paid for. This would undoubtedly point the finger at the cars manufactures since there is no longer human error in the equation. Lawyers would have a heyday. I think driverless cars would be safe about 95% of the time just like flying an airplane or a jetliner but if an accident were to occur, it would most likely be devastating. Finally, there is the issue about privacy. Autonomous cars have GPS Systems in

The computing innovation shown in my computation artifact is the technology of self-driving cars, also known as autonomous cars. They gather information through a series of sensors and create maps of the outside world, this allows the car to navigate through its environment without any human input from behind the

The self driving car is a great invention that can change the world as we know it. Since it will mostly be used for