Self-driving cars was the hot topic in this year's Auto Show in Detroit. Speaking at this occasion, Mercedes-Benz CEO says there are many obstacles yet to be overcomed for self-driving cars. He said these obstacles will have solutions as we increase the number of capabilities.
Talking about obstacles, one issue can be driving in the rural areas where roads are unpaved. No doubt this car can detect an oncoming car, but how it will know how far to move over? In rural areas where dirt is everywhere, how will car know that road has ended? Can it react accordingly to an un-expected pothole? All these questions for self-driving cars come under the road's quality check which is still not achieved at this level.
Another example of obstacles for self driving cars is about delivery services. one such scenario can be take-out food. On any takeout restaurant how employees will know which car belongs to the right customer? and if they know how they will get inside the car to leave the order? How payments will work for such orders to restaurants?
After pointing such obstacles, Mercedes-Benz USA President and CEO Dietmar Exler is very confident that things can turn positively from challenges into solutions by achieving more compatibility for self-driving cars.