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A convoy of self-driving cars has taken to a public motorway in Spain in normal traffic, a world first, according to Swedish car maker Volvo.
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I know that recently Google released the information that they have an auto similar to this one. A photo was shown. I do not care who releases this type of auto first. Volvo stating it has test driven a convoy of them, even using the draft from the other autos to save gas is interesting. I'd like to know more, including the price.
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Not only Google, but VW as well.
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Exactly what I wanted to say. They should do their research well before making a propaganda that it is the first in the world. Otherwise, they will be sued for making a false proclamation.
It's a first to have a convoy of such vehicles. A single vehicles was done decades ago. They had a car drive 97% of the way across the US in 1997 by its self but I have never seen a group of automated cards on the road before.
I think the keyword is "public" road here.
Convoy tests etc. are conducted on proving grounds for years and anyone who ever saw a car race in his/her life knows about slipstream or as they call it here in Germany "wind shadow".
The only difference is that proving grounds tests are never made public, for obvious reasons.