DailyMail.co.uk: Delphi Automotive began cross-country test of driverless vehicle on Sunday. The car left San Francisco and is headed to New York for an April 3 car show. Two people will be in the specially rigged Audi in case of emergencies. Car includes 20 sensors, including four radars and laser mapping system.
Drivers across America be warned - there's an 'unmanned' car on the road.
A driverless car is currently on a cross-country road trip to test the state-of-the-art technology that allows a driver to sit back and relax with no hands on the wheel.
Delphi Automotive launched the first coast-to-coast test of a driverless car on Sunday, starting at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
For the next week, the specially rigged Audi SQ5 SUV will be headed on a 3,500 mile journey to New York City.
It is expected to arrive before the New York International Auto Show on April 3, ending what Delphi Automotive describes as the 'longest automated drive ever attempted in North America'
'Look ma, no hands': Delphi Automotive started the first cross-county test drive of an automatic car (pictured), starting in San Francisco
Take off: Two people will be in the car at all times during the journey from San Francisco to New York for an automotive show
Test run: Delphi is using the cross-country trip to gather data and check on the car's safety systems
But Delphi insists that drivers on the road shouldn't be scared if they pass by their test vehicle.
Two people will be in the car at all times to take over the controls in emergencies - or more often, construction zones.
Delphi, one of the largest suppliers of automotive electronics and safety systems, is using the long journey in the Audi crossover to acquire 2.3 terabytes data from a sophisticated array of cameras, radar and lidar - a laser mapping technology.
The Delphi drive kicked off March 22 near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, with plans to wind up in New York City just before the annual auto show opens there on April 3.
During the coast-to-coast journey in the Audi, at least two Delphi engineers will be aboard, including one behind the wheel.
The venture informed all of the states it will pass through about its unmanned car, and all of them agreed to let the vehicle travel on their roads.
The car comes with 20 sensors including four short-range radars, three vision-based cameras, six lidars, a localization system and a driver assistance program.
The Michigan-based firm also wants to test and demonstrate its wireless and active safety systems.
Delphi's demonstration underscores growing interest and investments by automakers and suppliers in self-driving cars, some of which could be production-ready by 2020.
Jeff Owens, Delphi's chief technology officer, sees the automated driver assistance systems in the Audi as building blocks on the road to fully self-driving cars in the next decade.
Delphi has been working on automated cars since 1999, when it split from GM, according to Ars Technica.
Google, which has also been working on self-driving cars, has made public statements about having such a vehicle available in five years.
The tech giant has been testing out its vehicles around its Mountain View, California, campus.
Tesla Motors, the electric car brainchild of Elon Musk, also announced last week that new software out this summer will let cars be largely automatic on the highway.
Drivers across America be warned - there's an 'unmanned' car on the road.
A driverless car is currently on a cross-country road trip to test the state-of-the-art technology that allows a driver to sit back and relax with no hands on the wheel.
Delphi Automotive launched the first coast-to-coast test of a driverless car on Sunday, starting at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
For the next week, the specially rigged Audi SQ5 SUV will be headed on a 3,500 mile journey to New York City.
It is expected to arrive before the New York International Auto Show on April 3, ending what Delphi Automotive describes as the 'longest automated drive ever attempted in North America'
'Look ma, no hands': Delphi Automotive started the first cross-county test drive of an automatic car (pictured), starting in San Francisco
Take off: Two people will be in the car at all times during the journey from San Francisco to New York for an automotive show
Test run: Delphi is using the cross-country trip to gather data and check on the car's safety systems
But Delphi insists that drivers on the road shouldn't be scared if they pass by their test vehicle.
Two people will be in the car at all times to take over the controls in emergencies - or more often, construction zones.
Delphi, one of the largest suppliers of automotive electronics and safety systems, is using the long journey in the Audi crossover to acquire 2.3 terabytes data from a sophisticated array of cameras, radar and lidar - a laser mapping technology.
The Delphi drive kicked off March 22 near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, with plans to wind up in New York City just before the annual auto show opens there on April 3.
During the coast-to-coast journey in the Audi, at least two Delphi engineers will be aboard, including one behind the wheel.
The venture informed all of the states it will pass through about its unmanned car, and all of them agreed to let the vehicle travel on their roads.
The car comes with 20 sensors including four short-range radars, three vision-based cameras, six lidars, a localization system and a driver assistance program.
The Michigan-based firm also wants to test and demonstrate its wireless and active safety systems.
Delphi's demonstration underscores growing interest and investments by automakers and suppliers in self-driving cars, some of which could be production-ready by 2020.
Jeff Owens, Delphi's chief technology officer, sees the automated driver assistance systems in the Audi as building blocks on the road to fully self-driving cars in the next decade.
Delphi has been working on automated cars since 1999, when it split from GM, according to Ars Technica.
Google, which has also been working on self-driving cars, has made public statements about having such a vehicle available in five years.
The tech giant has been testing out its vehicles around its Mountain View, California, campus.
Tesla Motors, the electric car brainchild of Elon Musk, also announced last week that new software out this summer will let cars be largely automatic on the highway.
