Well it would be so good to sit back in the car while it will drive on its own. We saw Will Smith driving one such beauty in iRobot. It can turn reality soon!!
California has issued its first 29 permits this week to three companies to test self-driving cars on public roads. Google Inc got permits for testing 25 adapted Toyota Motor Corp Lexus SUVs, and two permits each went to Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen AG's Audi. Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are all luxury brand vehicles. Audi was the first to apply for the permits, followed by Daimler and then Google. All the permits were issued on Tuesday, the first day they were required by California, which has the largest population of any US state. A few other automakers and first-tier automotive suppliers are in the process of filing for the permits. Autonomous car testing has been under way in California for several years without the permits, but the state's legislature has made permits a requirement for them to run on public roads. Among the California requirements to get a permit is the ability of test drivers to be able to take command of an autonomous vehicle at any time. Mercedes-Benz engineers will "teach" the autonomous cars how to operate safely on US roads using different methods than are used in the testing and development of the cars in Germany, according to officials at Daimler and Mercedes-Benz. Daimler and Volkswagen are both based in Germany, and Goggle is based in Silicon Valley in California. Audi said it was the first automaker to obtain a license for an autonomous car in Nevada, in 2012.
California has issued its first 29 permits this week to three companies to test self-driving cars on public roads. Google Inc got permits for testing 25 adapted Toyota Motor Corp Lexus SUVs, and two permits each went to Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen AG's Audi. Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are all luxury brand vehicles. Audi was the first to apply for the permits, followed by Daimler and then Google. All the permits were issued on Tuesday, the first day they were required by California, which has the largest population of any US state. A few other automakers and first-tier automotive suppliers are in the process of filing for the permits. Autonomous car testing has been under way in California for several years without the permits, but the state's legislature has made permits a requirement for them to run on public roads. Among the California requirements to get a permit is the ability of test drivers to be able to take command of an autonomous vehicle at any time. Mercedes-Benz engineers will "teach" the autonomous cars how to operate safely on US roads using different methods than are used in the testing and development of the cars in Germany, according to officials at Daimler and Mercedes-Benz. Daimler and Volkswagen are both based in Germany, and Goggle is based in Silicon Valley in California. Audi said it was the first automaker to obtain a license for an autonomous car in Nevada, in 2012.
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