That General Motors investment of $1 billion mentioned in yesterday's post . . was used to acquire the start-up "Cruise." Cruise has been testing their autonomous technology with employees under real conditions in Arizona, Michigan and California, but New York City is their target for 2018.
The levels of autonomous (self-driving) technology are these:
Level 1 - driver is in complete control, with aids such as cruise control
Level 2 - car can manage speed and steering as the driver chooses
Level 3 - car monitors the environment and drives itself when driver chooses
Level 4 - "cars will generally do the driving for you," but human must be available
Level 5 - car drives itself under all conditions with no human intervention
"Audi claims that the new A8 is the first production car to achieve Level 3 autonomy"
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