# GM launches auto car in 2008

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [September 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008 "2005-09-13T19:03:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008/1 "2005-09-13T19:03:52Z")

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[http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000137056230/](http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000137056230/)

This will totally give new meaning to the term auto-pilot: GM will be launching a vehicle with an actual self-driving system in its 2008 Opel Vectra. That’s right — think KITT, people, but without the smarmy voice (well, we assume, anyway). It will be able to pilot itself even in heavy traffic at up to 60 mph, which is more than we can say for most of our friends, really. It’ll be using lasers, a video camera and a sophisticated computer brain to recognize signs and detect obstacles. Let’s hope the OS it uses is, um, extremely stable.

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**Author:** ![jeremysyty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeremysyty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeremysyty)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008/2 "2005-09-20T20:34:36Z")

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> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> Let’s hope the OS it uses is, um, extremely stable.

Billy Gates probably wrote the OS system. :reloading

Gives a different aspect to the phrase “Computer crashed”

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**Author:** ![grindpunk16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@grindpunk16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grindpunk16)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008/3 "2005-09-20T22:42:24Z")

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wait bill gates can write a computer program??? when did this happen

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**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008/4 "2005-09-20T22:46:04Z")

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won’t happen. at least not for the consumer.

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**Author:** ![traydogg6969](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/traydogg6969/32/5999_2.png) [@traydogg6969](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traydogg6969)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008/5 "2005-09-20T22:47:39Z")

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this just in car bein charged for vehicular homicide

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**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-launches-auto-car-in-2008/177008/6 "2005-09-21T08:55:06Z")

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CMU was working on that stuff when I went there, they had a vehicle that would roam around sometimes. Pretty sure it was military funded though, which as ShalerPunk alluded to is probably the more realistic use.

As long as it’s driving for me, I want mine to swear at the other drivers too.