Driverless Cars and Traditional Cars

Driverless Cars and Traditional Cars

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Introduction

The world today is full of remarkable things and occurrences. Many of these phenomenal items and occurrences are associated with technological advancements. One of the most advanced aspects of today’s society is transportation. Transportation has evolved in terms of air, water, and road transportation, amongst others. Cars are a significant aspect of road transportation that has evolved over time and through technological advances. Even today, the contrast from traditional cars is apparent with the invention of driverless cars. Both traditional and driverless cars are essential in transportation with similarities in their combustion engines while differing in human operation and automation, in addition to benefits in terms of efficiency, manpower requirement, and promotion cost.

Both traditional cars and driverless cars are similar in their combustion engines. Both cars have an internal combustion (IC) engine that uses a battery (Puškár et al., 2017) and requires fuel combustion. Electric energy is used to power driverless cars and stored in accumulators promoting efficiency. Electric energy promotes efficiency and is environmentally friendly, protecting the environment, unlike most traditional cars, which have emissions that harm the environment. Traditional cars use fuel combustion in a combustion chamber to get power, which leads to their emissions. In many cases, the fuels used to power traditional vehicles are petroleum products such as diesel and petrol (Zhang et al., 2019). An engine helps the machine run and is the main reason for mobility in traditional and driverless or autonomous cars, despite the different fuel types utilized in their systems.

Human operation is the first distinctive factor between traditional cars and driverless cars. Human operation implies that operation depends on a person’s activity. Traditional cars must have a human operation in terms of manpower required to obtain mobility. In this case, a driver controls a vehicle regarding steering, acceleration, braking, and deceleration; while making all the decisions pertaining to their movement from the vehicle’s ignition, including routing, destination, and the rules and regulations; all drivers must abide by such as driving while intoxicated (Puškár et al., 2017). In contrast, driverless cars, also known as self-driving cars, do not require human operation in terms of manpower requirement, only requiring a user to set the desired destination. Driverless cars use technology, entailing control systems, and sensors to maneuver while transporting a user to their set destination without a human operator (Kaur & Rampersad, 2018). Accordingly, for mobility, driverless cars conduct robotic actions such as braking, which a human operator conducts in traditional cars.

Automation is another distinctive factor between traditional cars and driverless cars. The process by which an operation is initiated to deliver a service illustrates automation. For cars, starting a car and getting it to where it needs to go shows automation. Consistently, this process varies for traditional cars and driverless cars. For instance, starting a traditional car would typically require placing the car’s key into the ignition and turning the key or pushing the ignition button, as seen in many cars today. This simple step begins an operational system that may last from minutes to hours and even days, depending on the journey. In contrast, driverless cars utilize technology for automation, whereby a user sets the desired controls, such as autopilot, and the operation process begins (Jones, 2017). In this case, the car utilizes all its features, including “Laser scanning, shape-detection, and computer vision techniques” (Duarte & Ratti, 2018, p. 2) to ensure the entire process runs smoothly after automation. Accordingly, the differences between traditional and driverless cars are evident in their human operation and automation.

The contrast and differences between driverless and traditional cars are essential in understanding the benefits posed to users. There are several benefits to each type of car in terms of efficiency, manpower requirement, and promotion cost. Considering the efficiency, driverless cars are more efficient than traditional cars. With traditional cars, the driver controls the vehicle, as aforementioned, implying that any mistake made, such as distractions, an accident would be bound to happen. However, with driverless cars, the technology is in control, and these cars tend to be more efficient using sensors and other control systems, posing a benefit for users. Additionally, manpower requirement, or the lack thereof, benefits users. With traditional cars, the driver must be engaged throughout the task at hand, while with driverless vehicles, users can enjoy beautiful sceneries while on their journey, posing benefits to users.

Cost is another factor posing or limiting benefits to users. The cost of making and promoting the vehicles influences the purchase price. With this in mind, traditional cars are more affordable than driverless cars, costing at least “$8,000 to $250,000” in manufacturing (Duarte & Ratti, 2018, p. 4). This rate implies there is a high risk associated with the cost, especially for the manufacturers. Also, users will require more convincing to opt for driverless vehicles, which will increase the promotion cost.

In conclusion, all cars may seem similar in operation to a person for as long as they get them where they are going. However, cars are very different, as seen between the driverless cars and the traditional cars witnessed on roads today. Their contrasting aspects stem from their features, including automation and operation in the absence or presence of a human. These differences yield numerous advantages to users regarding the vehicle’s cost of promotion, the requirement of manpower, and, finally, its efficiency. Comparison and contrast between these two types of cars established the benefits posed to users.

References

Duarte, F., & Ratti, C. (2018). The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Cities: A Review. Journal of Urban Technology, 25(4),1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2018.1493883

Jones, L. (2017). Driverless cars: when and where? Engineering & Technology, 12(2), 36–40. https://doi.org/10.1049/et.2017.0201

Kaur, K., & Rampersad, G. (2018). Trust in driverless cars: Investigating key factors influencing the adoption of driverless cars. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 48, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2018.04.006

Puškár, M., Fabian, M., Kádárová, J., Blišt’an, P., & Kopas, M. (2017). Autonomous vehicle with internal combustion drive based on the homogeneous charge compression ignition technology. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 14(5), 172988141773689. https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881417736896

Zhang, S., Duan, X., Liu, Y., Guo, G., Zeng, H., Liu, J., Lai, M. C., Talekar, A., & Yuan, Z. (2019). Experimental and numerical study of the effect of combustion chamber shapes on combustion and emissions characteristics in a heavy-duty lean burn SI natural gas engine coupled with detail combustion mechanism. Fuel, 258, 116130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.11613

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Competency
Implement critical thinking and research strategies for clear communication of written ideas.
Instructions
Produce a complete 2-4 page paper in which you do a comparison and contrast between driverless cars and/or traditionally driven cars. Be sure to define your reason for writing (thesis), and treat both ideas equally as to pros and cons, costs to promote, validity, efficiency to use, probability of success, manpower requirements, etc. Your paper should contain an introductory paragraph, thesis statement, and body paragraphs, each supporting a major idea regarding your point of view, and a concluding paragraph to wrap up the paper and signal the completion of your support for your reason for writing.
Although actual research is not a part of this assignment, provide a brief statement at the beginning of the assignment explaining how you would have gone about finding and providing support for your paper.