RE: New autonomous Audi RS7
Discussion
'For the A8 the piloted driving feature will be able to take full control of the car when parking and in stop-start traffic at up to 37mph.'
Well that would take the stress out of congestion at the very least! Not so sure I'd want to be driven everywhere but can see the point, provided it doesn't have a fit and cause a huge accident.
Well that would take the stress out of congestion at the very least! Not so sure I'd want to be driven everywhere but can see the point, provided it doesn't have a fit and cause a huge accident.
Krikkit said:
dci said:
Why are these companies investing so much in autonomous technologies? I can't be the only one who has absolutely no interest what so ever in any sort of driverless technology in road cars?
You might not, but a lot of folks would love a car they don't have to drive. Just enter your destination and relax/watch telly/go on the web etc etc. It'd certainly make commuting much less of a chore.Over 3 years:
Standard RS7 = £83,200
Tax = £1500
20k miles p/a... Fuel = £15k (conservative)
Insurance = £3000 (approx-ish?)
Maintenance = £5000 (3 sets tyres (ha ha whatever), 3 services)
Total £107,700
Yet 20k miles p/a over 3 years in a taxi at £2 per mile = £60,000
No servicing or tyres or tax or insurance or washing or accident risk or parking costs involved and almost half the price.
People who hate driving do have an option and it's cheaper. They should do this and clear up the roads for those of us who do enjoy driving!
Pesty said:
jamespink said:
My builder friend is just putting the rear garage wall back for the SECOND time after his customer demolished it with his "stop start" autonomous auto Audi, again ... The same guy has also recently demolished his next door neighbors wall ... His insurers have to be looking at that...
Was it not Audis in the states that "autonomously" caused several full throttle "accidents" a few years ago?
No that was Toyota I think massive recal on throttle pedal. Nothing to do with being autonomous Was it not Audis in the states that "autonomously" caused several full throttle "accidents" a few years ago?
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/10/junkyard-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unintended_ac...
The consensus seems to be that it was clueless drivers and not the car that was the problem, it didnt happen in other markets apparently.
FastRich said:
Krikkit said:
dci said:
Why are these companies investing so much in autonomous technologies? I can't be the only one who has absolutely no interest what so ever in any sort of driverless technology in road cars?
You might not, but a lot of folks would love a car they don't have to drive. Just enter your destination and relax/watch telly/go on the web etc etc. It'd certainly make commuting much less of a chore.Over 3 years:
Standard RS7 = £83,200
Tax = £1500
20k miles p/a... Fuel = £15k (conservative)
Insurance = £3000 (approx-ish?)
Maintenance = £5000 (3 sets tyres (ha ha whatever), 3 services)
Total £107,700
Yet 20k miles p/a over 3 years in a taxi at £2 per mile = £60,000
No servicing or tyres or tax or insurance or washing or accident risk or parking costs involved and almost half the price.
People who hate driving do have an option and it's cheaper. They should do this and clear up the roads for those of us who do enjoy driving!
A car is freedom, having to ring a taxi and wait 10-15 minutes or upwards of an hour late on the weekends and it quickly becomes more desirable to have a car outside that can drive itself.
Personally I'd happily have one for the commute and then one for weekend etc
I think cars may in a way go the way of the horse, when the car took over horses didn't just disappear they became hobbies etc
I think manual driving will go that way, may even see a surge in track days etc
All speculation of course.
ZOLLAR said:
FastRich said:
Krikkit said:
dci said:
Why are these companies investing so much in autonomous technologies? I can't be the only one who has absolutely no interest what so ever in any sort of driverless technology in road cars?
You might not, but a lot of folks would love a car they don't have to drive. Just enter your destination and relax/watch telly/go on the web etc etc. It'd certainly make commuting much less of a chore.Over 3 years:
Standard RS7 = £83,200
Tax = £1500
20k miles p/a... Fuel = £15k (conservative)
Insurance = £3000 (approx-ish?)
Maintenance = £5000 (3 sets tyres (ha ha whatever), 3 services)
Total £107,700
Yet 20k miles p/a over 3 years in a taxi at £2 per mile = £60,000
No servicing or tyres or tax or insurance or washing or accident risk or parking costs involved and almost half the price.
People who hate driving do have an option and it's cheaper. They should do this and clear up the roads for those of us who do enjoy driving!
A car is freedom, having to ring a taxi and wait 10-15 minutes or upwards of an hour late on the weekends and it quickly becomes more desirable to have a car outside that can drive itself.
Personally I'd happily have one for the commute and then one for weekend etc
I think cars may in a way go the way of the horse, when the car took over horses didn't just disappear they became hobbies etc
I think manual driving will go that way, may even see a surge in track days etc
All speculation of course.
So is it intelligently driving around the track, or more or less just following a route driven earlier by a test driver?
All the Audi demos so far look pre-programmed which is a very different thing from a car autonomously learning and driving a track. Certainly no obvious signs of the sensors?
All the Audi demos so far look pre-programmed which is a very different thing from a car autonomously learning and driving a track. Certainly no obvious signs of the sensors?
FastRich said:
Captain Muppet said:
Plus the "taxi wins" maths falls over if you have an autonomous A3 instead.
Absolutely, I couldn't agree more.But where's the driverless A3? The article featureas a driverless RS7 (yep, utterly pointless, I know) hence the calculations were based on that.
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