Why it’s possible you’ll by no means have the ability to purchase your personal self-driving automotive

Regardless of current claims of autos having full automation, it’s no extra doable to purchase a really self-driving automotive now than it was 15 years in the past. Will non-public automobiles that by no means want a driver ever attain the market?

By Matthew Sparkes

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class now has a mannequin that may drive round completely unaided – so long as you might be in a single particular automotive park in Germany. It’s a formidable achievement, however how far have we actually come since New Scientist proclaimed 15 years in the past {that a} absolutely driverless automotive “may not be far off”? Automobiles have accrued automated driver aids, however a totally autonomous non-public automotive that may function wherever you need to go isn’t any extra accessible as we speak than …