Wouldn't it better if he pivoted to self-parking?
At $700 a kit that allows car to drive by itself to garrage, open it, park would be so attractive.
Driving through parking lot seems to be way easier than fully autonomous car.
At $700 a kit that allows car to drive by itself to garrage, open it, park would be so attractive.
Driving through parking lot seems to be way easier than fully autonomous car.
Pros:
+ parking is one of the least favorite part of driving. It also eats a lot of time.
+ low-speed makes it much easier, you can stop at any time. Also stopping and asking human for help would be acceptable.
+ 360 sensors are superior to human vision in parking situation.
+ parking accidents are usually minor. Self-driving car getting minor bump, scratch is much easier to swallow them someone getting killed, injured.
+ you can implement valet parking for free. E.g. Self-driving valet that gets 30% discount would be so much welcomed in San Francisco.
But this would add other problems to cope.