The Future of the Driverless Car

My Last Blog

This blog has several articles that I think will sum up for you where we’ve come from and where we’re going in regard to the driverless car.  My own opinions, which I’ve given from time to time, could be off base on their projections but one thing is certain: The driverless car is coming and coming soon. 

The first article (See s400 and s400a) is from the September 28, 2013 issue of the Wall Street Journal.  It’s quiet an extensive article.  The next articles (See s402) is from the June 14, 2017 issue of the Wall Street Journal  and is an editorial that gives another and different opinion on the direction we’re headed in this country.  The next article (See s403) is from the June 19, 2017 issue of the WSJ and it shows the struggle that traditional auto manufacturers are having in dealing with the autonomous vehicle.  Just yesterday, June 21, 2017 the WSJ came out with a section titled The Future of Transportation which has articles that covered just about everything but I’ve only included two of them (See s404, 404a, s404b, and s405) to conclude this blog.

To those thousands who have looked forward to reading of my vision of the driverless car each week, I thank you and assure you that my future endeavors will not be disappointing.  bh

Can the Driverless Car be Hacked?

In over three years of following the progress of the driverless car; of reading hundreds of articles and watching countless videos, no one has ever asked this question.  Until now.   James Hinderer PhD, answered with the following:

It’s plausible a person can hack a driverless car.  Engineers demonstrated hacking a Jeep in 2014 by sending messages through the Internet.  The manufacturer has since fixed this problem and all manufacturers are aware of the plausibility.  The hacking method can be as simple as overloading the car electronics with strong jamming.  Alternately, a hacker can exploit the laser radar, enter through a map update, take advantage of entertainment systems, or use backdoor entry points the government requires on some new processing elements.  Hackers can use keyless fobs to unlock cars and steal them or perhaps add bugs to the software.  Alternately, a hacker can spoof the environment by putting lane markings that guide a car off the road or otherwise confuse its sensors.