YOU can be sure. Me I'm sure there is a possibility what I think or you think might turn out to be true or neither of what we think will be so.
As for enthusiasts lol that is fanboi thinking at its "finest".
The EV transition is real
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As for enthusiasts lol that is fanboi thinking at its "finest".
"Lithium is a chemical element and key component of electric vehicle (EV) batteries that’s also known by another name: “white gold.” That’s because in a future powered by batteries, from our electric cars to our smartphones, lithium is quickly becoming the most valuable commodity on the planet.
But unlike the sun, which sends down its energy in limitless abundance through its rays, lithium is a finite material. Once it’s gone, it’s gone."
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sc...7/lithium-supply-batteries-electric-vehicles/
"Lithium mines use a lot of water—many thousands of gallons per minute, according to The New York Times—and groundwater contamination with antimony and arsenic are a real and persistent threat. Other side effects of lithium mines include biodiversity loss, soil erosion, and air quality degradation"
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So we may not contaminate the air with EVs, but we could contaminate the ground and water.
Also if lithium and cobalt prices shot up due to high demand, an EV may not be cheaper to buy or maintain than an IC.
How much earth is moved to make a Tesla battery?
To manufacture each EV battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, 25,000 pounds of ore for copper digging up 500,000 pounds of the Earth's crust for just - one - battery.
But unlike the sun, which sends down its energy in limitless abundance through its rays, lithium is a finite material. Once it’s gone, it’s gone."
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sc...7/lithium-supply-batteries-electric-vehicles/
"Lithium mines use a lot of water—many thousands of gallons per minute, according to The New York Times—and groundwater contamination with antimony and arsenic are a real and persistent threat. Other side effects of lithium mines include biodiversity loss, soil erosion, and air quality degradation"
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So we may not contaminate the air with EVs, but we could contaminate the ground and water.
Also if lithium and cobalt prices shot up due to high demand, an EV may not be cheaper to buy or maintain than an IC.
How much earth is moved to make a Tesla battery?
To manufacture each EV battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, 25,000 pounds of ore for copper digging up 500,000 pounds of the Earth's crust for just - one - battery.
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Self-Driving Teslas Have a Small Issue With Crashing Into Curbs (msn.com)
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"Avoiding curbs is a pretty basic task, after all, that human drivers in training hopefully learn on the first day behind the wheel."
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"Avoiding curbs is a pretty basic task, after all, that human drivers in training hopefully learn on the first day behind the wheel."
Pekelo, why are you sweating it, man?
The government knows what is up. They are smart. Yes?
there is also this
but... self-driving is barely a decade old, I am pretty sure they will get it right eventually (at worst, it's gonna be at the cost of some infrastructure improvements like inter-car electronic communications etc)
four things here related to Roomba.
1) Its self driving with cameras and sensors
2) it often gets trapped, regardless of the situation
3) Roomba has been around quite a bite longer than barely a decade
4) And your right..the way to correct its imperfections is by altering its infrastructure (moving items to just the right places/heights/widths, setting taller curbing, perfect lighting..etc
Removing the Roomba comparison to Tesla's decade old FSD effort, the YT video points to something more mundane and nefarious in the coming decade.
Just as I remember a time in the 80's when punks were having the time of their lives kicking the front bumper of stopped cars as they crossed the street outside of pedestrian crosswalks thereby triggering the inflatable crash bags, the same will and is happening to autonomous vehicles today. Heck, it's happening for just driving an EV, which seems to piss off a certain segment of our rebellious society.
Future autonomous taxis and private vehicles will become targets of future punks whose detached sense of private property isn't expected to change much. What's more fun than put a barrier where there should be none and watch empty autonomous cars (hopefully) stop and create a massive traffic jam?
On the other hand, we will be done with criminal escapes and police chases, drunk drivers killing innocent bystanders, teenagers testing their driving skills on busy freeways at 130 mph or exciting doughnut parties in the middle of intersections...
Thinking like that is exactly why I believe we will never have FSD only in THIS country.
I know I sure don't want to get in a vehicle, on the ground or in the air - especially the latter, as if I stepped into an elevator. Just hit a button and "relax" while the machine does all the work and all the THINKING for you.
I guess you want and need that nannystate cradle to grave security and why you moved to a place where you could be jailed just for spitting on the sidewalk. You vill obey and get in zee auto und listen to Bach lol.
Seems like I hit a nerve...
I take you don't fly or take cabs or let other people drive you around? Because that's exactly what you do, press a button and be led to your destination. You've overcome? Good job you rebel you.
You're probably right, Europe and the modern nations of Asia will have mandatory FSD before the US does. The safety data will be incontrovertible; the continued financial and human costs associated with the existing way of life will overwhelmingly favor the move to mandatory FSD.
America will likely be a patchwork. Some states will adopt the Euro/Asian way sooner, while others will take longer to transition.
All this will happen well before the end of the century.