QNX (BlackBerry) concept vehicle. (Handout) Every week it seems another news item heralds the imminent demise of the human-operated automobile. Latest to the party is Canada’s BlackBerry, which aims to recast itself as a maker of software for autonomous cars. That’s fine.
But why the rush to robo-cars? Surely it can’t be consumer demand. Surely it can’t be economic or political necessity. Surely it can’t be driver and pedestrian safety. Oh wait: Maybe it’s corporate greed.
I enjoy driving. I can’t imagine feeling anything but terrified in an autonomous bubble car, piloted through rush-hour traffic by circuitry, a sensor array and […]
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