Why Your Self-Driving Car Won’t Arrive Anytime Soon

Building an autonomous vehicle that works, and preserves the safety of drivers and pedestrians, is harder than some companies originally thought.

By Shelly BrisbinApril 18, 2019 6:54 am, ,

We’ve been promised autonomous vehicles for some time – Ford, General Motors and Tesla have all been pumping money into the technology. But now, companies that had some of the most bullish initiatives are apparently pumping the brakes. Tech expert Omar Gallaga says making self-driving vehicles truly autonomous has proved harder than once imagined.

What you’ll hear in this segment:

– Which companies are working on autonomous-vehicle technology

– Why their efforts have slowed down

– What Tesla’s Elon Musk says about self-driving cars

 

Written by Shelly Brisbin.