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Honda To Test Self-Driving Cars In California
An anonymous reader writes: Reuters reports that Honda has received approval from the State of California to test their self-driving cars on public roads. They join not just Google and Tesla, but Mercedes Benz, Nissan, and several other companies with permission to test. Take note: autonomous cars are no longer a fringe research project for a few future-focused companies. The industry as a whole is recognizing that autonomous driving technology will be a vital part of transportation by car sometime in the future.
Given that the intention is develop an autonomous vehicle it should make sense for all manufacturers to work on a common system, rather than a diverse range of competing hardware technologies. At the end of the day, the idea is not to distinguish the company's based on the quality of the AI, but on the service it provides to the customer.
This eliminates duplication of effort and associated costs. Further, a single system can be secured much better that an entire eco-system of buggy solutions.