Google, Uber, and Ford Combine to Form Self-Driving Car Coalition
Three major companies in the automotive and technology industries are joining hands to form a self-driving car coalition that is expected to send a serious message. The promotion on the interest of self-driving cars (hello, future!), is being headed by Google, Uber, and Ford.
First reported by Reuters, this coalition is intended to convince governments to do more on implementing programs that are focused on self-driving cars. In the United States, this is reportedly designed to provide a general solution to issues of different driving laws from one state to another. It is a way to come up with a uniform set of driving standards.
Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official, David Strickland, representing the coalition, gave a statement, a part of which reads:
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The best path for this innovation is to have one clear set of federal standards. The coalition will work with policymakers to find the right solutions that will facilitate the deployment of self-driving vehicles.
Although cars that don't need drivers are a relatively new concept in other countries, car manufacturers in the United States and Europe have been developing them for years. These companies support the notion that self-driving technology in vehicles actually promote safer standards in driving compared to traditional driving where a human is in charge of the steering wheel.
But then again, there exists a significant challenge for proponents to argue their case because human instinct sides with the notion that it never is a good idea to let something, like a machine or AI to take charge of the wheel.
In a statement released to the press, Uber said that self-driving cars can actually save millions of lives and ease up traffic in cities; Ford meanwhile feels that the presence of fully autonomous vehicles allow people to travel more efficiently and safely.
Aside from the three companies, part of the coalition are Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars and Lyft, a rival company of Uber.
