This isn’t as big a deal as it seems. These self-driving cars aren’t using the pedals, anyway. And many EVs now have a “one-pedal driving” feature where even a human doesn’t use the brake pedal: you brake by letting up on the accelerator, and let the car figure out when to engage the friction brakes or only the regenerative brakes.
The only thing you lose is the direct connection between the brake pedal and the brake lights, but let’s face it, that’s going through computers also and probably hasn’t been an actual switch since the last millennium.
This isn’t as big a deal as it seems. These self-driving cars aren’t using the pedals, anyway. And many EVs now have a “one-pedal driving” feature where even a human doesn’t use the brake pedal: you brake by letting up on the accelerator, and let the car figure out when to engage the friction brakes or only the regenerative brakes.
The only thing you lose is the direct connection between the brake pedal and the brake lights, but let’s face it, that’s going through computers also and probably hasn’t been an actual switch since the last millennium.
Yes because what could possibly go wrong?
Even with “one-pedal driving,” there’s still a physical brake pedal for backup/emergencies.