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I was going through as old issue of Wired Magazine I never got around to reading, and they were boasting about how they predicted autonomous vehicles were going to happen in the near future. So I started looking up autonomous vehicles and apparently Nevada has been granting licences to companies. Google got the first and now Audi has become the first automaker to be granted a licence to operate self driving cars on the streets of nevada. Pretty cool.
video of Audi's car
Audi has become the second recipient – and the first auto manufacturer – of a license to allow it to test autonomous vehicles on Nevada’s public roads. It follows in the tire tracks of Google, which was given the first self-driving license and exclusive red license plates last year, giving it the go ahead to test its modified Toyota Prius on the state’s roads.
Audi is no slouch when it comes to autonomous driving technology. In 2010 the company’s Autonomous TTS research car completed the 12.42-mile (20 km) of twists and turns that make up the Pikes Peak Hill Climb course in an impressive 27 minutes. That’s around 10 minutes longer than an expert human driver would take in the same car.
Instead of completely taking over from a human driver, in the near term at least, Audi’s autonomous technology is aimed at taking over the boring task of stop-start driving, with drivers still being able to take control when needed, and to let the cars park in tight parking spaces without the driver at the wheel.
[font=ProximaNova, Helvetica Neue, Arial]http://www.gizmag.com/audi-autonomous-car-license-nevada/25686/[/font]
While Audi's next autonomous research car, reportedly an A7, won't be climbing mountains it will be capable of "piloted" parking and driving. The automaker is discussing an autopilot-like system at CES this year. The envisioned system would see operators allowing the vehicle to handle mundane or challenging tasks (like stop-and-go driving or parking in tight spots), while still letting the human take control when needed.
[font=arial, verdana, sans-serif]http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/08/nevada-grants-audi-third-license-to-operate-autonomous-vehicles/[/font]
[font=arial, verdana, sans-serif]so "stop and go driving" and parallel parking seem to be already possible. I wonder how long until we have fully self driving cars. In the video it was turning just fine on mountains too[/font]
video of Audi's car
Audi has become the second recipient – and the first auto manufacturer – of a license to allow it to test autonomous vehicles on Nevada’s public roads. It follows in the tire tracks of Google, which was given the first self-driving license and exclusive red license plates last year, giving it the go ahead to test its modified Toyota Prius on the state’s roads.
Audi is no slouch when it comes to autonomous driving technology. In 2010 the company’s Autonomous TTS research car completed the 12.42-mile (20 km) of twists and turns that make up the Pikes Peak Hill Climb course in an impressive 27 minutes. That’s around 10 minutes longer than an expert human driver would take in the same car.
Instead of completely taking over from a human driver, in the near term at least, Audi’s autonomous technology is aimed at taking over the boring task of stop-start driving, with drivers still being able to take control when needed, and to let the cars park in tight parking spaces without the driver at the wheel.
[font=ProximaNova, Helvetica Neue, Arial]http://www.gizmag.com/audi-autonomous-car-license-nevada/25686/[/font]
While Audi's next autonomous research car, reportedly an A7, won't be climbing mountains it will be capable of "piloted" parking and driving. The automaker is discussing an autopilot-like system at CES this year. The envisioned system would see operators allowing the vehicle to handle mundane or challenging tasks (like stop-and-go driving or parking in tight spots), while still letting the human take control when needed.
[font=arial, verdana, sans-serif]http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/08/nevada-grants-audi-third-license-to-operate-autonomous-vehicles/[/font]
[font=arial, verdana, sans-serif]so "stop and go driving" and parallel parking seem to be already possible. I wonder how long until we have fully self driving cars. In the video it was turning just fine on mountains too[/font]
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