Extract from Lords debate on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (Science and Technology Report) - Dec 20

Thursday, 21 December 2017 07:18

Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB):...Turning back to automated cars, the advantages, particularly when combined with electric power, are enormous. Elon Musk of Tesla fame believes that he can develop a self-driving capability that is 10 times safer than manual cars via, in his words, “massive fleet learning”. He also believes that just by tapping a button you can add your car to, say, the Uber 2 shared fleet and have it earn income for you when you are at work or on vacation. We...Request free trial