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Ford to Launch Driverless cars in Austin, Texas in 2021
Well, I hope it works out safely and no one gets hurt or killed. Ford has announced a program, in conjunction with the City of Austin, to experiment on a wide-scale driverless car program in 2021. Austin 's population growth has been tremendous, although the traffic is still nowhere near the level of D.C. or Los Angeles, and this is looked on a way to try and improve the available infrastructure.
Austin, unlike much of the rest of the the state, is a left-wing city, a college-town (University of Texas) and, by nature, receptive to programs like this by nature. It's not surprising that a program like this would start there. There may (?) also be upcoming programs in Washington and Miami.
And here is an unnarrated video, also without music, showing the actual prototype running around town.
Well, I hope it works out safely and no one gets hurt or killed. Ford has announced a program, in conjunction with the City of Austin, to experiment on a wide-scale driverless car program in 2021. Austin 's population growth has been tremendous, although the traffic is still nowhere near the level of D.C. or Los Angeles, and this is looked on a way to try and improve the available infrastructure.
Austin, unlike much of the rest of the the state, is a left-wing city, a college-town (University of Texas) and, by nature, receptive to programs like this by nature. It's not surprising that a program like this would start there. There may (?) also be upcoming programs in Washington and Miami.
And here is an unnarrated video, also without music, showing the actual prototype running around town.