ameriken
09-08-14, 09:49 AM
Not sure I'm ready for this, but there's a lot of idiot drivers out there that need one of these.
GM will offer a nearly self-driving car in 2016
By Tom Krisher
| ASSOCIATED PRESS SEPTEMBER 08, 2014
DETROIT — Cars that can talk to each other and almost drive themselves at freeway speeds are just two years away from the showroom, General Motors executives indicate.
The carmaker announced Sunday that the semiautonomous system for freeways will be an option on an unidentified 2017 Cadillac that goes on sale in summer 2016. Another 2017 Cadillac, the CTS, will be equipped with radio transmitters and receivers that will let it communicate with other cars, sharing data such as location, speed, and whether the driver is applying the brakes.
The Announcements were made Sunday at the opening of the Intelligent Transportation Society World Congress, being held in Detroit this week. They are part of a barrage of similar declarations that are expected from other companies as the industry shows off progress toward self-driving and safer cars.
The freeway system, dubbed ‘‘Super Cruise,’’ uses cameras and radar to keep the car in the center of a lane and a safe distance behind cars in front of it. The system will bring the car to a complete stop if traffic halts without driver action, and it can keep the car going in stop-and-go traffic.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/09/07/offer-car-that-will-almost-drive-itself/ifBPed99vWSzw2NFa0IhPP/story.html
GM will offer a nearly self-driving car in 2016
By Tom Krisher
| ASSOCIATED PRESS SEPTEMBER 08, 2014
DETROIT — Cars that can talk to each other and almost drive themselves at freeway speeds are just two years away from the showroom, General Motors executives indicate.
The carmaker announced Sunday that the semiautonomous system for freeways will be an option on an unidentified 2017 Cadillac that goes on sale in summer 2016. Another 2017 Cadillac, the CTS, will be equipped with radio transmitters and receivers that will let it communicate with other cars, sharing data such as location, speed, and whether the driver is applying the brakes.
The Announcements were made Sunday at the opening of the Intelligent Transportation Society World Congress, being held in Detroit this week. They are part of a barrage of similar declarations that are expected from other companies as the industry shows off progress toward self-driving and safer cars.
The freeway system, dubbed ‘‘Super Cruise,’’ uses cameras and radar to keep the car in the center of a lane and a safe distance behind cars in front of it. The system will bring the car to a complete stop if traffic halts without driver action, and it can keep the car going in stop-and-go traffic.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/09/07/offer-car-that-will-almost-drive-itself/ifBPed99vWSzw2NFa0IhPP/story.html