[Shalle135]

Why wouldn't it be possible to have a similar system in a car as in a rocket? The manufacturer could easily rack up 3 somewhat cheap compute nodes to validate the outputs. This really shouldn't be much more than $10k extra - for the end consumer. And the fact that a lot of cars sell for $100k or more this cost should be negligible for self-driving capabilities.

[mastax]

Every production car is built down to a price, even expensive luxury cars with large margins. All car segments are extremely competitive and any efficiency you can gain over your competitors can be put into more features, higher quality, lower price, or more profit. Over-engineering isn't that much of a marketing point or Saab would still be around.

That said, mass produced electronics are cheap - even automotive grade ones. It wouldn't add that much to the BOM, it would be mostly design cost. I just can't see the justification without it being required by regulation.

[jmnicolas]

I can't decide if you're serious or trolling ...