Original 2021 statement: Your self-driving car will ‘talk’ to a lot of the other self-driving cars around it in order to figure out where it is going and how to safely get there
What Jim has written about this
From “How a Futurist Thinks: What Should We Do About Zombie Cars in the Era of Self-Driving Cars?” (April 2017)
I just had a short talk in an airport with an urban planner; the inevitable question came about as to where I was going, and then, what I do. (In today’s case, I’m going to speak to 250 cattle ranchers about their future…)
people with self-driving cars will avoid this cost, simply by sending their cars out at 6 or 7pm to drive around the neighbourhood for the night, or to go park at a shopping mall parking lot somewhere
everyone will order them back around the same time — say, 6AM
From ““54 Things You Haven’t Thought About with Electric, Self-Driving Cars”” (July 2017)
You probably don’t have a lot of time to think about all the things that are going on with the rush to self-driving cars and electric vehicles. I do - that’s my job as a futurist. The things is, you don’t know what you don’t know, until you know it.
there will be data wars. Self-driving cars generate lots of data, and many questions are as yet unanswered. As in, who owns the data, and what can they do with it? People buying, sharing, or leasing cars will be presented with massive ” I agree to all terms and conditions ” word dumps as they get with their iPhones and software, and they will click away from their right to any of that data. Expect massive new intellectual property issues to emerge, and lawyers who will make a lot of money going forward as these data issues get sorted out.
the purpose of a car will fragment . Cars today are designed to get you from point-A to point B. In the future, specific cars will be designed for a specific purpose, with the result that the very concept of a car is going to fragment. There will be cars for long-distance vs those built for a short commute; those built for peloton travel (i.e. interlinking with other cars in a pack) vs. those which are engineered to excel at navigation for narrow city streets. There will be cars that will be decked out as a home office for a self-driving commute, and others that will be tricked up to be rolling bedrooms on wheels for tourists. We’ll see lots of new types of cars, with different cost implications the result!
From “Daily Inspiration: “To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!”” (March 2017)
For years, I’ve explained to my global client base that access to skills and talent will been to the key element for success going forward. Two good examples? Fast trends in the world of self-driving cars, and the acceleration of trends in retail.
I was thinking about this today as two articles floated through my news clipping service: an article in Fortune that outlined how ” Walmart Is Launching a Tech Incubator in Silicon Valley .” The second involved quite a few articles that spoke about the new partnerships occurring in the world of self-driving car technology, such as one in Sci-Tech: ” Intel’s Not the Only Big Company To Find a Self-Driving Partner. ”
Need a bigger example? This headline: ” Ford is putting $1 billion into an AI startup, Detroit’s biggest investment yet in self-driving car tech.” Think about that — essentially, it’s a billion dollar investment to get the right skills, at the right time, for the right purpose.
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
How a Futurist Thinks: What Should We Do About Zombie Cars in the Era of Self-Driving Cars?
“54 Things You Haven’t Thought About with Electric, Self-Driving Cars”
Daily Inspiration: “To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!”