Completely autonomous and self-driving cars have fascinated mankind for years. In the meantime, hundreds of billions have been invested – and there is still no marketable robot car. Why?
The first car woke Jennifer King up at 2 a.m. with a loud, high-pitched whine. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn’t the really scary thing. King lives on a cul-de-sac on the edge of the Presidio, a 3,000-acre park in San Francisco with virtually no through traffic. Outside, she saw a white Jaguar SUV pulling out of her driveway. It had what appeared to be a giant fan on the roof – a laser sensor – and bore the logo of Waymo, Google’s driverless car subsidiary.
Source: Stern
Jane Stock is a technology author, who has written for 24 Hours World. She writes about the latest in technology news and trends, and is always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to improve his audience’s experience.
