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As automakers adjust, why are we still waiting for driverless cars?

Por: The Boston Globe Tech October 31, 2022

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Where are all the self-driving cars?They were supposed to be here by now. In 2017, top executives at Ford, BMW, and Audi said that by 2021, they’d be marketing vehicles that could safely navigate highways or city streets with no need for human drivers.But except for a handful of trials in the western US, robocars are nowhere to be seen. , chief scientist at auto giant Toyota, has been working the problem for nearly a decade. Yet Pratt, a... + full article



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