autonomous cars

autonomous cars

1. How Science Fiction Failed Us: The Real Future Of Autonomous Cars, 

http://jalopnik.com/how-science-fiction-failed-us-the-real-future-of-auton-1728909591 

Only One In Four Americans Trust Autonomous Vehicles Right Now, 

http://jalopnik.com/only-one-in-four-americans-trust-autonomous-vehicles-ri-1791330759

2. According to the SAE there are 4 levels of autonomous cars, the first has basically no special features at all, maybe traction control, or an automatic gearbox. The second level is a vehicle which includes features such as automatic cruise control, and parking assist, in addition the vehicle may also have an automatic steering system. Level 3 is where the car can be in complete control in specific environments, such as high way driving. However the driver and all controls are present. Level 4 is where the car can drive itself in most situations but a driver may still need to be present. Level 5 id the final level where the car can completely drive itself and may not even need a human. One company that is putting autonomous cars on the road is Uber, they already have some Volvo XC90s on the roads of Philadelphia. One of the advantages of autonomous cars is that it makes it easier for people to get where they are going because they would be required to do less, work. One of the disadvantages of autonomous cars would be that, they cannot make some of the same discussions that humans can. For example if a dog and a small child both suddenly enter a roadway a human can break and attempt to swerve towards the dog more than the child but an autonomous car may aim for the child. 

3. The difference between the articles is that one describes some disadvantages of self driving cars as well as how they are seen in pop culture whereas the other article describes what people think of self driving cars.

4. Since the publisher for both articles were the same the views were similar. For example both authors believe that there is still something to be said about the joy of driving.

5. One detail that was present in only the Science Fiction article is how night rider predicted autonomous cars. This affects the meaning by showing what people thought of self driving cars in the 80s vs what they think of them now.    

Tesla’s Gigafactory

Tesla’s Gigafactory

1/9/16

1. Tesla Gigafactory Begins Battery Production, Wall Street Urges Caution http://www.forbes.com/sites/bisnow/2017/01/06/tesla-gigafactory-begins-battery-production-wall-street-urges-caution/#7c7b121d10bc               
   Tesla's greatest hope for going mass market could present a threat to its car factory
    http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-gigafactory-problems-for-carmaking-2017-1
2. A Gigafactory is a battery factory constructed to produce batteries to use for vehicles. The company that is making the Gigafactory is Tesla.
3. The difference between the two articles is that the Forbes article focuses more on the financial side of things whereas the business insider focuses on the plant itself.
4. The author's points of view were conflicting because the business insider article says negative things about Tesla and it's Gigafactory and the Forbes article says mostly positive things about it.
5. One detail that the Business insider article offers is how many cars Tesla has produced for the last two years, whereas the Forbes article does not mention it.
6. My opinion of the Tesla Gigafactory is that Tesla needs to downscale it's production costs greatly to make cheaper cars, if they want to cater to the middle class to stay in business.