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Originally Posted by SteveinArizona
BMW's predictions on new technology have not been very accurate at timelines:
"In 2016, BMW announced a high profile collaboration with Intel and Mobileye to develop autonomous cars. Officially the goal was to get "highly and fully automated driving into series production by 2021."
Elmar Frickenstein, BMW's Senior Vice President for Autonomous Driving, said that they should have Level 3 cars by that deadline but it would be possible the company could deliver cars with Level 4 or 5 capacity in 2021."
https://emerj.com/ai-adoption-timeli...ty%20in%202021.
I don't expect that this timeline will be met either. |
Well I'd say the whole industry was too optimistic regarding automatic driving and let's not forget the legal issues that are still unsolved all over the world. But I find it interesting projecting one difficult topic where the timeline didn't work out well to a general conclusion. From what I have experienced in the past, the most things that have been announced have been delivered in the promised timeline.
The question that I have is, if the solid state technology really will be ready by 2025-2030, was it really worth it to go with the masses of lithium batteries? The lithium extraction is so problematic, all this just to drive with it for a couple of years.
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