vrijdag 4 januari 2013

Pull Over, Google: Toyota Has a Self-Driving Car Too


Google is no stranger to competition on the web, but what about on the mean streets of the automated driving world? Because that's exactly what the search giant is about to get. Toyota on Friday released this short teaser trailer for semi-driverless car technology of its own.

Why "semi-driverless?" Toyota's technology is intended to boost safety when there's a real human at the wheel by detecting obstacles or alerting the driver if he's falling asleep. It can, however, go completely autonomous and control itself if need be.

The video shows a 2013 Lexus LX (Toyota owns Lexus) equipped with what Toyota's calling "Intelligent Transport Systems" technology, or ITS for short. ITS includes a…
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