U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels - Autoblog
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U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors' Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.

U.S. to decide soon on GM’s request to deploy cars without steering wheels::U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors’ Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•1 year ago

    And what happens if something unexpected (e.g. badly signalized road works) comes up? With current implementations you can you take over. But what do you do without wheel?

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      “Run them over.” -waymo

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      Actual answer: waymo and GM both have control centers that can direct the car remotely. I know that in waymo’s case they don’t actually remote pilot the car, they just override the cars path finding and the car goes down the route the remote operator makes. I’d assume GM does something similar