Cadillac Canada Boss Interview18 Jan 2019 09:31
This is why Car Companies be keen to all get it
Wheels.ca: Have you been driven in an autonomous prototype yet?
Hoss: The CT6 I had been driving for about eight months had Super Cruise. And my commute is an hour each way. 99% of that commute is on the 401. So most of that time I’m driving Super Cruise. And I’ve got to tell you it has a complete transformation on your physiology. This is not just about the experience of being in the car. When you for drive an hour to work, and are commuting in Toronto traffic, that has an effect on you.
Even a person who is immune from road rage, it has a physiological effect on you. And when you take all of those micro decisions that you make when you’re driving a vehicle out and you just have to focus on the road ahead as you do in Super Cruise. I’m telling you the feeling that you have when you arrive at your destination is so much more energized and uplifted. And similar to the use case of driving four hours to Detroit for the auto show. I would need to take a minute, check in at the hotel, rest a bit. Now, I can go straight into a meeting with no problem. When you’ve benefited from that rest. So I’m a big fan of the experience that I’ve had so far with semi-autonomous. And I’m ready for the autonomous future.
We shot a video of some people doing the same thing (experiencing it for the first time). And everybody goes through the same sort of physicality when they’re driving Supercruise for the first time. Which is at first they’ll put their hands a couple inches off of the steering wheel. And you know, they flinch every time a tractor-trailer goes by. Then their hands will get tired so they’ll put the hands cupped under the steering wheel. Still a couple of inches away. Then they get tired, then they’re just like, screw it. So after like 10 minutes they’re just crossed arms. That first 10 minutes, there’s a lot going on in the person’s mind. Unlearning a lot of behaviours. But then after 10 minutes they just lock in and they’re like this is great. Everyone goes through that same physicality. It’s hilarious.
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