What is the first science fiction movie or TV show mentioning autonomous car?

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With the autonomous car idea making huge leaps towards being part of our life, I wonder: where was it first mentioned in movies or a TV show? What is the earliest movie or TV show where the idea was mentioned?

I would like to know about actual autonomous cars, not magical cars (i.e. driven with technology, not magic), and only actual cars, not horses or airplanes.



Best Answer

1968 - Batman - TV Series

In season two of the iconic TV series, Batman uses the Batmobile’s “remote control activator” to summon the car to come pick him up. The world’s first driverless car? ‘Fraid not—just a crew member crouched low behind the wheel. The Batmobile from the 1989 film of the same name had a similar feature.

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1976 - Logan's Run - Movie

The legendary car customizer Dean Jeffries put together the autonomous “pod cars” that some would argue stole the show in Logan’s Run. The cars were variously made of fibreglass or steel, and mostly powered by VW engines, save for one with a Chevy V8.

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What is the movie with the self-driving car?

Minority Report (2002) \u2013 Lexus 2054 The main character, John Anderton, drives a Lexus 2054 \u2013 a fuel-cell autonomous car that Lexus designed specifically for the movie.

Who made the first autonomous car?

At the 1939 World's Fair, General Motors created the first self-driving car model. It was an electric vehicle guided by radio-controlled electromagnetic fields and operated from magnetized metal spikes embedded in the roadway. This model turned into a reality in 1958.

Which company secretly developed a driverless car?

Waymo LLC is an American autonomous driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google....Waymo.TypeSubsidiaryFoundedJanuary 17, 2009 (as the Google Self-Driving Car Project) December 13, 2016 (as Waymo)FounderSebastian Thrun Anthony Levandowski7 more rows

When did Elon Musk introduce self-driving cars?

Musk said that Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for people behind the wheel about a year from now \u2013 therefore, around May 2023. It's not the first time that Musk made this announcement.



History of Self-Driving




More answers regarding what is the first science fiction movie or TV show mentioning autonomous car?

Answer 2

I don't know if this is the first. In Knight Rider series beginning in 1982 K.I.T.T. has a very high artificial intelligence and can drive autonomous.

Answer 3

Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973) includes driverless cars.

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Answer 4

I'm sure one will be found to pre-date this, but as far as movies the earliest I can think of is the Johnny Cab in Total Recall (1990).

Answer 5

I am not sure it qualifies, but there is a radio-controlled car in the 1949 Film Serial "King of the Rocket Men" in which a car is remote controlled to by the Antagonist, Dr Vulcan, to assassinate a Scientist.

You can watch it on Youtube here, the Scene in question starts at 1:40

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