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The Driver & The Driven
Watching the rapid growth in the autonomous driving capabilities of vehicles has been extremely interesting to follow. A slew of cars can now automatically park themselves, (often rather curiously) and yet more can keep themselves going with a range of sophisticated cruise-control modes. Several manufacturers are racing toward the goal of developing cars that seamlessly converse with their environments through applications of VR, AR and V2V communication.
Entirely autonomous driving modes on cars aren’t yet available; we are told that, when they do come, the need for a steering wheel would largely be obviated and there would be no designated ‘driver’ in the car any longer. A number of marques, however, have been making rapid strides in developing this feature for their vehicles, and have been doing so for a significant period of time. Some are closer than others to achieving the ambition of detaching the driver entirely from the task of driving. Here are some entries from Audi, BMW, and Volvo, but it is perhaps fair to say that Tesla’s commitment to the ambition is largely unmatched.
In any event, a great number of people are extremely excited by the prospect of fully autonomous cars in the near future; those who find their commutes…
