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I just wonder about your liability insurance if you got into an accident while in a driverless car. Would Tesla be held liable or the passenger (as he/she could not be considered a driver with no hands on the wheel.
And other than for the novelty...I cannot see the attraction of buying a hot sports car and not putting your hands on the wheel....and if you say "well I could drive it if I wanted to" I suppose it would be like the old horse and buggy days of if you weree drunk you would lake the horse drive the wagon home
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
The next Tesla is not a "hot sports car", but aimed squarely at mainstream motorists and they plan to enter high production figures. The first cars were of course low production high cost, because that was the only technologically feasible way. But now they can create a mass produced mass marketed car at a more affordable price.
I would hope they do that.....but speculation about a driverless car by them, Google and others is very premature I think. We are not in the age of the "Jetsons". The insurance on such a car should be onerous and who would be responsible for it. If a software glitch or whatever is responsible for a serious accident or even a minor one...is Tesla on the hook for the liability...or is the customer responsible for the insurance even though their hand is not on the wheel.
Focusing on a viable reasonably cost commercial car is a laudable goal...I doubt a driverless car is viable or even acceptable at many levels. I mean I wonder how many opt for the parking option of some Ford cars and buy it solely for that purpose... nice gimmick but everyone should be able to parallel park a vehicle...It was part of the driver test in my day...I would hope that test remains.
