You have no trouble getting in a plane, do you ... or a train. What is the real difference to an autonomous car?

Why would that be surprising? You would be in a very serious condition indeed if you accidentally swallowed one of them.

If the rider was 16 years old, all he could legally ride in Germany is a 125ccm bike with 15hp max. It will barely do 65mph.

This thing will probably be 50% more expensive than a 2WD truck ... making being competitive even less affordable than ever for people who aren’t multi-millionaires.

Why even seatbelts??? We all know it is far safer to be flung out of the car in a ballistic trajectory in case of an accident!

I doubt very much that your brain hits your skull just from slamming on the brakes in your car. That may be 1,5g, at best. Hitting your head on the asphalt like Mirra did in that vid would be mid-to high double digit gees.

Africa and India are free to start designing, developing and building their own car brands and manufacturing plants any time they please. Oh wait, they are totally incapable of that.

Any of the people those cars still do a lot better than a motorcyclist would in a similar crash.

This is something that will really take off when the new VR goggles have been fully integrated with the games. Imagine being able to virtually go round the Nürburgring in any dream car of your choice. Or racing a motorcycle in the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man Mountain Course.

I read a book by a SF (Delta Force) soldier who actually used these things in the Gulf war and he hated them . 2WD, bogged down as soon as it saw sand and the VW sourced engines were way underpowered and failled all the time.

LOL, I have just posted exactly the same comment. I swear I hadn’t seen yours.

That accident must have been a real bummer, Montalvo looks like 46, not 26.

After many years of driving RC cars I can confidently predict this thing will not run for more than 30 seconds in a combat situatuion before it is stopped an/or overturned by some thick stalks of weed, gets stuck under some railing, gets mud splattered over all of its cameras or some scrap metal gets hopelessly stuck…

That dude is my hero. Regardless of how well it actually drives, that must have taken an ungodly amount of commitment, planning, man-hours and hammering on sheet metal.

Humor is difficult, especially black humor, but keep trying.

That would be 50% more than a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket burns to lift a multi-ton satellite in a geosynchroneous orbit. And that thing burns two metric tonnes of fuel per second

I really, really hope Elon Musks doesn’t skip his regular medical check-ups.

Yes ... one that gives you about half a mile per gallon.

Seems like the white truck got a dashing black racing stripe on his left side, for free. It must be a lot faster now.

It is not your smartphone that is responsible for your actions, it is not the phone company, it is not the app developer - it is you.