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A Test-Drive of Self-Driving Car Technology


Here's what it's like to be behind the wheel of a car equipped with self-driving features.
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They are like drones on wheels...
I also see the autonomous car as a gentler form of tearing up bad drivers' licenses. They still get to ride around in a car, but not as a driver.
"We do believe the traditional ownership model is being disrupted. To what extent, no one really knows. But it is being disrupted by the sheer fact that 94% of the day the car sits idle. So we have car-sharing pilots running with Google and [a separate one] in New York. We’re going to see more change in the next five to 10 years than we’ve seen in the last 50."
My wife and I share one car so our usage is a bit higher than average. Our van is only idle 92% of a typical day.
Now in heavily populated metro areas Ms. Barra might be correct. Cars are sitting unused because people just don't have a need for them, what with public transportation or walking to work. As for those weekend escapes, Zipcar makes a lot of sense as opposed to garaging an unused car. Heck, in San Francisco you can rent out your garage for weekday parking and pay for your Zipcar rentals twice over.