Audi to test driverless car
Audi is developing technology that could help reduce accidents when drivers lose concentration as they look out beyond the wiper blades.
The Autonomous Audi TTS Coupe Quattro project aims to see a driverless car tackle the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in the USA next year.
It is being developed to explore the capabilities of driver assistance technologies without making motorists or the thrill of driving dispensable.
The technology could help drivers respond more effectively to changing conditions, thereby reducing congestion and allowing for better reactions to safety hazards, explains Dr Burkhard Huhnke, executive director of the Volkswagen Group Electronics Research Laboratory.
"We believe that developing a car that can perform as well and respond as rapidly as a professional driver, like a race or rally driver, will eventually be able to drive its way around incidents in a way that a normal driver couldn’t," he said.
Written by Tom Benjamin
