Why would we treat this any differently than mechanical failures of well maintained vehicles driven by humans?

This is great news that automakers are just putting this out there, but isn’t this just a foregone conclusion? I mean I know the legal framework doesn’t exist yet, but who would ever claim responsibility for a vehicle they’re not controlling?

I think the point of the ridiculously tight parking spot demo was just to get pageviews, and demonstrate that those doors are not going to be your limiting factor in fitting in a parking spot. I’m sure the first thing many people say when they see those doors is “those will hit a car parked next to it.”

Sure, I didn’t think of that, but that wouldn’t be a DUI nowadays anyways.

I would not use an autonomous car unless it was capable of legally being the responsible “driver.” Once a car is fully autonomous, it would be preposterous for the owner to have any legal responsibility for its safe driving. If you’re riding on a train drunk and that train crashes on account of nothing you did, do you…

Well, if the accident rate drops down to zero, I don’t see much a reason not to do this! (Apart from common decorum.)

But would a dealer be required to apply the fix if they work on the car for any other reasons?

“Your love for cars doesn’t supersede the lives of 1.2 million people who die in automobile accidents every year.”

The oculus rift.

Better call Saul.

You created this caption? Inconceivable!

They assume an average weight for passengers so that they don’t have to weigh everyone. They do weigh baggage, and every pound over your allotment for baggage is a pound less in freight they can carry, the majority of flights have mail on them as cargo. In addition, as someone else mentioned, no one’s being asked to…

Except that “good performer” is already more than adequate for its intended purpose. It’s not that they couldn’t make a diesel car that meets the regulation, it’s that they wanted to out perform their competition in what is essentially a marketing contest.

In person from about 100 feet away, it looks absolutely amazing. From ten feet away, I’m of the opinion that it looks cheap.

First gear: sure, it’s an “easy” fix, after all, the base software functions already exist, but at what performance cost? Easy to do, tough to swallow?

I suspect that whatever this cheat was for is not going to be caught by state emissions inspections. If it were, these cars would have been failing these tests for years. The cheat software was only enabled when on a rolling road, as far as I know.

Well, Rent vs. mortage + expenses less equity!

Your honor, I would like to direct you to the defendant’s post on lifehacker, dated 9/21/15...”

With enough energy you could be pushed into someone parked in the next state.

I was surprised they didn’t call a red flag! you have a clearly unstable or completely idiotic person on the track, so even behind the “safety car” they would be going fast enough to likely not have enough time to react!