Ford Motor Corporation is trying to keep up with competitors in the development of vehicles with automatic control system, it even begun to exploit the prototype robocar at a special landfill in Michigan, simulating common urban elements of road infrastructure.
California is one of the few US states where officially authorized test cars with the autopilot on public roads. Naturally, in this case at the wheel should be the driver who has the ability to intervene at any point in the process. Google operates on the roads of California the most extensive fleet prototypes - 73 pieces. In second place is Tesla Motors with 12 prototypes. Daimler experiences in California five prototypes, two cars with autopilot admitted to the state road for companies Volkswagen, Nissan, Delphi, Bosch, Cruise Automation. At BMW and Honda in this region is one prototype. Now join them Ford, to equip the corresponding system serial hybrid Ford Fusion, which is the version with the internal combustion engine is known in our market as Mondeo.
On the roof of the car installed so-called "lidar" - the optical sensor type, scanning the surrounding area to determine the relative location of objects. Ford opened a research center in California, employing 100 people, who will be engaged in relevant development and testing. The release date of production models with the function of the autopilot is not specified. Note that the company has recently equipping its fairly budget model with automatic braking in front of an obstacle, but Toyota promises soon to make such a system compulsory element of all its vehicles. Related Products :
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