Self Driving Vehicles Are Dealing With A Fatal Flaw

Automakers currently developing self-driving and connected vehicles are having to tackle a very old problem concerning electronics, specifically the interference caused by other wireless devices.

Known as electromagnetic interference, these types of signals date back to the early days of radio technology and can have negative effects on how computer chips operate, reports Automotive News.

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MDarringer - 7/23/2018 10:57:07 AM

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This story juxtaposed with "autonomous Jaguar" or "autonomous Volkswagen" should give anyone pause.

TomM - 7/23/2018 12:12:14 PM

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This story just talks about ONE of the MANY fatal flaws regarding autonomous cars.

It ignores Hacking - since a number of these cars maintain the ability to update the computers in the car in real time - that means that a hacker could also do that - and I have pointed that out before.

It also ignores software bugs - things that go bump in the night just at the wrong time. No Complex program is perfect - which is why Major companies employ large staffs just to maintain their systems

ANd it also ignores HUMAN imperfection. Even if the programs in the car work perfectly- there is not guarantee that the human driving the other car - will not do something unanticipated by the software engineers

I continue to believe that totally autonomous operation will be limited to the Major Highways and INTERSTATE highways of the Usa and not be allowed in major cities - at least until there is a record available to work with..

SanJoseDriver - 7/23/2018 9:56:36 PM

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DOA? This is the obvious future ALL car companies are investing in... every one.

SanJoseDriver - 7/23/2018 9:58:34 PM

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They should be using vision to track lights, not radio signals. They wouldn't have that problem in that scenario.