The future of Road trips

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Recently there has been an increase of speculations about Apple Car. Even though there had been no official confirmation to supposed leaks, the internet is buzzing with excitement. 

According to some of the new leaks the car might be completely autonomous. The concept of self-driving cars has been with us for a while now, however some people are still concerned about the consequences of such development. 

The main concerns regarding complete lack of access to control over the car is that the virtual maps are still not perfect. Even though such cars wouldn’t be available until 2025 at the earliest, it is difficult to imagine trusting an entire vehicle when we can’t even fully believe map apps. 

Another concern regards Siri. The system is still far from perfect, especially when it comes to understanding human speech. If we don’t pay enough attention during the ride there is a possibility of ending up in a completely different location, all because of a little error in understanding.

At last, there is one worry that does not concern safety nor convenience. For some people roadtrips are something beyond just getting from one place to another. It’s about the journey itself. For many people driving, even though sometimes stressful, is a time of break from work. For many, especially young people, road trips with friends are an entire adventure. Will this time still look the same without a driver or focus on the road? Only time will tell.

Taking into consideration how quickly technology progresses, the idea of having an autonomous car by 2025 is not impossible. Despite the concerns, most people are excited to see how such cars will change our life. 

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-self-driving-car-could-be-ready-in-2025-with-no-steering-wheel-or-pedals
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/apple-accelerates-work-on-car-aims-for-fully-autonomous-vehicle

2 thoughts on “The future of Road trips

  1. 45276-EX says:

    I believe by 2025 there certainly could be an autonomous car, and if any company can do it, it would be apple with one of the best research and development teams available and the most cash on hand of any company in the world. They plan to also have a steering wheel to take over the car from autonomous mode allowing the user to drive if they want to “break from work.” Although I do agree that maps and Siri are far from perfect, the Apple car will most likely have a display like any other electric car where you would enter the information by hand leading to less miscommunication than by speech recognition. It will be interesting to see how cars such as the new Apple car will change our lives for the better or worse.

  2. 46419 says:

    Apple certainly seems like a good contender to create an autonomous car. The company has practically all the resources needed for this – money, knowledge, experience and much more.Apple is also famous for being able to sell a given technology very well – which could contribute to the growth of interest and spread of autonomous cars. They can also, even though something is not new, improve it very well – finger line scanner, face scanner.
    I think by 2025 there may already be autonomous cars. From what I have read one of the latest Mercedes models is already equipped with a semi-autonomous driving mode. That is, on a motorway at a certain speed it can drive without human intervention. Unfortunately this software is currently available in only a few countries, although updates are to be made available for owners of these cars in other countries. Of course, Tesla is also working, and there are many other companies that we know of and many whose progress we have probably not yet heard about.
    Nevertheless, it seems to me that we will have to wait a very long time for autonomous cars to become widespread.Whether this is because of a lack of money on the part of customers – such cars will certainly not be cheap for many years – or because of a lack of trust in technology – which is a little surprising, since the biggest danger on the road are always humans, and by eliminating their actions we would get rid of many accidents – traditionalism or our beliefs – wrong or not.

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