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Old 07-24-2015, 07:58 AM   #600
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
After I saw that article, I immediately searched for and downloaded the factory manual for our "new" 09 Accord. It's still got a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and tires, so that's good. And there's also a physical connection between the brake pedal and those same tires. Whew. But the throttle connection is an electronic one, and so is the transmission. And it's connected to the XM satellite. I think there is no way to hack the car through the XM radio, so I think I'm OK.

Car companies need to seriously harden their technology, especially if they are going to be pushing self driving cars on us. I don't have too much faith in Detroit getting this right any time soon, but I wonder how Elon Musk has approached this? I have a little more faith in Tesla.

Interesting choice in words though. Faith. Sad that I feel like it requires faith.
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