The industry must stop what it's doing - This will lead to false confidence and real-world tragedies

摘要

Are live trials of self-driving cars, such as a Nissan Leaf's 230-mile trip to Sunderland, a quantum leap for autonomous technology or 'reckless' experiments? Later this year, a Nissan Leaf will travel from Cranfield University to Sunderland, a distance of 230 miles. It will navigate roundabouts, A-roads and motorways, all through live traffic. Nothing unusual about that except that the Leaf will be driving itself. The journey, called the Grand Drive, is billed as the most complex autonomously controlled journey yet attempted in the UK. It will be the culmination of a 30-month development project that boasts heavyweight partners including Nissan and Hitachi.