CARS. WHAT IS A SELF-DRIVING CAR ? • A self-driving car sometimes called an autonomous car or driverless car is a vehicle that uses a combination of sensors, cameras, radar and artificial intelligence ( AI ) to travel between operator. • To qualify as fully autonomous, a vehicle must be able to navigate without human intervention to a predetermined destination over roads that have not been adapted for its use. • Companies develop or testing autonomous cars includes Audi, BMW, Ford, Google, General motors, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo. Google’s test involved a fleet of self-driving cars • - including Toyota prii and Audi TT • - navigation over 140,000 miles of California streets and highways. HOW DOES A SELF-DRIVING CAR WORK? • There are several system that work in conjunction with each to control a self-driving car. • Radar sensors dotted around the car monitor the position of vehicle nearby. • Video cameras detect traffic light’s, read road signs and keep track of other vehicles . While also looking out for pedestrians and other obstacles. • Lidar sensors help to detect the edges of roads and identify lane markings by bouncing pulses of light off the car’s surroundings. • Self-driving cars use cloud computing to act upon traffic data, weather, maps, adjacent cars and surface conditions among others. This helps them monitor their surroundings better and make informed decisions. BENEFITS OF SELF-DRIVING CARS. • Self driving vehicles communicate with each other and their surroundings. Hence they are able to identify the optimal route. This helps spread for scares road spaces. • Worldwide, 1.2 million peoples are killed each year in traffic accidents . Widespread embrace of self-driving vehicles could eliminate 90% of all auto accidents in the U.S alone preventing up to $190 billion in damages and health costs annually and saving thousands of lives. • According to a recent study, the average American spends 101 minutes per day driving. That mean that on a lifetime was spend a whopping 37,935hours driving car assuming that we starts driving at 17, with autonomous cars, you just have to sit back and relax, read a book, watch a game or take a nap while the car does all the driving. UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT SELF- DRIVING CAR. • The first self-driving car prototype was operated by Google under Alphabet lnc.in 2015. • A passenger in a Tesla Model S died in an autonomous car in 2016 when the autopilot system failed to detect a tractor-trailer due to lighting and weather. • It has been estimated that by 2050 almost all vehicles on the road will be autonomous. By 2035 it is estimated that just under 10% will be autonomous. • Google didn’t make a big point of this, but the self-driving cars will be 100% electric. That would certainly make them much greener than typical cars. • The self-driving cars are limited to a maximum speed of 25mps ( 40kmph ), this means it will also have to avoids certain roads. THANK YOU