A popular topic to talk about in CIS 600 is disruptive
technology, this article talks about a disruptive technology relating to the no
longer needing to carry a drivers license. The article talks about the new development
of autonomous cars that will be around in the next couple of years. Companies
in the auto industry are trying to take steps to get ahead of their competitors
by releasing these autonomous cars. “GM's Cadillac division expects to
produce partially autonomous cars at a large scale by 2015, and the automaker
also predicts it will have fully autonomous cars available by the end of the
decade. Audi and BMW have also shown self-driving car concepts, with the former
working with Stanford to pilot a modified TT up Pikes Peak.” So this shows
already the increase in competition for a product that will not even be around
for a couple of years.
The thought of self-driving cars is
something we have all thought about as something that would develop in the
future. There are studies out there that believe that autonomous cars will be
more frequent by the year 2040. “The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) recently released predictions that autonomous cars will
account for up to 75 percent of vehicles on the road by the year 2040.” This is
something that really surprises me, the year 2040 is not that far away and just
visioning self-driving cars is just something that I would not be able to
believe it until I see it.
Google is also looking into investing
into this industry, they have a license to operate driver less cars in Nevada.
This is one step into allowing self-driving cars on the road. They believe that
the biggest obstacle is “building the infrastructure.” I would not be surprised
if Google released an autonomous car which will lead to their competitors
(Apple) to come out with a car that would be truly innovative. We will never
truly know what is going to be made of for autonomous cars, we are going to
have to wait and see.
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