An Audi RS7 reached 149mph as part of its demonstration of the firm’s push for driverless technology.
The Hockenheim race circuit near Frankfurt hosted the event and saw the RS7 take just over two minutes to complete a lap. The car used a combination of cameras, laser scanners, GPS location data, radio transmissions and radar sensors to navigate around the track, with the information processed by computers which filled the boot. By means of comparison they even had a human complete a lap; he took a whole five seconds longer to make the circuit.
Although the racetrack does not present the same hazards and obstacles as the public roads, the hope is that the technology will soon be able to make the move into the commercial world.
Dr Horst Glaser of the Audi research team said "I know accident-free driving will remain a vision. But at least we can reduce the number of accidents in the future. Piloted driving defuses situations like, for example, being in a traffic jam. Whenever the driver is distracted and inattentive the car could take over."
Additionally the driver has a chance to relax. That means they are on full alert as soon as their attention is required again."
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