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  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Source: http://wardsauto.com/technology/gm-calls-new-batch-self-driving-evs-industry-first?NL=WAW-04&Issue=WAW-04_20170613_WAW-04_476&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_2&utm_rid=CPENT000000095975&utm_campaign=12200&utm_medium=email&elq2=a8aa2934bdb04d8ab383fdb8572c3441

    ORION TWP., MI – General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra says the automaker makes history today by becoming the first company to apply mass-production techniques to autonomous vehicles with the rollout of 130 self-driving next-generation Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles.

    However, the Bolt EVs will not being going into the hands of everyday Americans. That day remains far into the future. They instead will join a fleet of 50 other slightly less sophisticated autonomous Bolts being tested on the streets of Detroit, San Francisco and Scottsdale, AZ.
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    I can imagine Musk is ROTFLOL. Is there an emoji for this?

    Bob Wilson
     
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    :ROFLMAO: a bit less subtle.
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    I was thinking more:
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    Except Tesla isn't calling their autopilot autonomous driving.
     
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    Well - you also have to remember that it's been years that Google Cars (2 different versions) have been running around the landscape .... and they actually do call them autonomous, even though the driver frequently has to take control. We went on a trip up to San Fransisco recently & our host's son was driving one. He honored us by driving by in it. We were not allowed to take pictures. It was loaded to the gills with computer looking goodies.
     
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    i guess it's the 'mass production techniques' that gets her off the hook? very potus like language.
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    *cough*toyota*cough*mirai* cough*
     
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