Documents in a class-action lawsuit against Ford and its original MyFord Touch in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system reveal that the company's engineers and even its top executive were frustrated with the problematic technology.
Keep polishing that techno-turd! I mean, what could possibly go wrong with extending this to autonomous vehicles?
The documents from the 2013 lawsuit show Ford engineers believed the IVI, which was powered by the SYNC operating system launched in 2010, might be "unsaleable" and even described a later upgrade as a "polished turd," according to a report in the Detroit News, which was confirmed by Computerworld.
Even Henry Ford's great grandson experienced significant problems with SYNC. In one incident, Edsel Ford was forced to wait on a roadside for the system to reset and could not continue to drive because he was unable to use the IVI's navigation system, the report stated.Other than that, I mean.
Self-driving cars: cool idea, good luck with the execution.
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Yep, blue screen of death will translate into REAL deaths...
What's so bad about that, Old NFO?
I mean, if it's the right people, for a change...
I expect the only way this will happen is with the embedded wire road system, on limited access roads.
I can see this working on the interstates with long haul truckers. Long Trains of Partner Trucking Firms and WI-Fi interconnected self driving trucks with the lead trucker standing watch while the others "Rested".
...... of course, the Truck-stop Hookers will need to setup some new protocols and figure out how to get back to their bases now that they will need to deliver "on the road".
I foresee that driver-less car technology is the next fusion - the technology is always just years away.
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