“I think we have all the necessary elements. Now it only to submit these elements together and make sure that they will be able to operate in all conditions. Then we will be ready. “- Said Elon Musk in an interview with the magazine” Fortune “.
Musk also noted that the road to a fully autonomous car is shorter than we think, and Tesla Motors in this race is able to reach the finish line within two years.
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The law does not like technology
At the same time Musk pointed out that although the first autonomous cars Tesla could go on the streets of American cities already in 2018, it did perhaps this does not happen. Obstacle may be legal regulations which rarely keep pace with technological developments. Musk predicts that adapt the law to reality may take up to 5 years.
The US Department of Transportation created a five-step scale automation vehicles. Level “0″ indicates the car, behind the wheel of the sitting person, with full control of the vehicle (brakes, steering, throttle, etc.). The level of “4″ means while fully autonomous cars that could be driven on roads without a driver. Legislative way from level “0″ to level “4″ can, however, be long and winding. It leads, among others, by semi-autonomous cars, over which are working intensively biggest rivals Tesla, with Google leading the way.
We will be deprived of their right license?
The creator of PayPal reiterated also that which repeats from years. In his view, autonomous cars are inevitable future of the automotive industry. What’s more, are the future, which mankind needs. According to Muska, fully autonomous cars at “4″ will ensure greater safety of those they lead today, the driver of flesh and blood.
At the beginning of the year. Tesla Motors, the President suggested that already 20 years people can receive a complete ban on driving vehicles operating on the roads. “It’s too dangerous. Do not allow the man to sit behind the wheel of a two-tone machine of death “- said the creator of Space X.
Then Elon Musk” densely “excused himself from the comments on Twitter, noting that Tesla supports and will support the drivers. “However, when autonomous cars will be safer than those headed by a man, this society may outlaw the latter” – Musk wrote.
Source: Fortune.com
http://fortune.com/2015/12/21/elon-musk-interview/?xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE
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