General Motors To Release Autopilot Cars In 2017
- 10 years ago
Cars that can drive themselves by communicating with other cars are only a couple of years away from being made available to the public. General Motors has announced that the semi-autopilot driving technology will be released in about two years.
Cars that can partially drive themselves by communicating with other cars are only a couple of years away from being made available to the public.
General Motors has announced that the semi-autopilot driving technology will be released on the 2017 Cadillac CTS.
Mary Barra, chief executive of General Motors spoke to the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Detroit saying: “Everyone recognizes that when cars can talk to each other and share information about speed, direction, operating performance and more, we'll save lives, save time and save money as well.”
Several other automobile companies including Mercedes, Subaru, and Acura have also reportedly been developing and testing partial autopilot technology that can maintain a safe speed and distance from surrounding vehicles in various traffic conditions.
Google also has plans to start testing their self-driving car models later this year.
The General Motors semi-autopilot cars will come equipped with vehicle to vehicle, or V2V technology that allows other cars with the same capability to exchange information about speed and location to avoid collisions.
Although it will take a while for the technology to catch on, General Motors wants to take an innovative first step toward a future with self-driving vehicles. According to Barra, fully autonomous vehicles could be here in as little as a decade.
Cars that can partially drive themselves by communicating with other cars are only a couple of years away from being made available to the public.
General Motors has announced that the semi-autopilot driving technology will be released on the 2017 Cadillac CTS.
Mary Barra, chief executive of General Motors spoke to the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Detroit saying: “Everyone recognizes that when cars can talk to each other and share information about speed, direction, operating performance and more, we'll save lives, save time and save money as well.”
Several other automobile companies including Mercedes, Subaru, and Acura have also reportedly been developing and testing partial autopilot technology that can maintain a safe speed and distance from surrounding vehicles in various traffic conditions.
Google also has plans to start testing their self-driving car models later this year.
The General Motors semi-autopilot cars will come equipped with vehicle to vehicle, or V2V technology that allows other cars with the same capability to exchange information about speed and location to avoid collisions.
Although it will take a while for the technology to catch on, General Motors wants to take an innovative first step toward a future with self-driving vehicles. According to Barra, fully autonomous vehicles could be here in as little as a decade.