There’sa lot of debateover when — and whether — self - drive cars will hit the road . Elon Musksays six twelvemonth . Volvosays three . However , some of the features of ego - get cars are already in action . And with Ford ’s proclamation thatits saloon will sport footer detection technologystarting next yr , there are about to be a quite a little more cars sporting independent technical school .
earthbound detection is nothing newfangled . Volvo made it usable as an add - onback in 2011 , and othershave followed suitin years since . The fact that Ford will be adding it to a comparatively cheap sedan is in force news that the technology is at long last hitting the mainstream .
Specifically , Ford will propose walker technology on the Mondeo sedan in Europe starting next year . The system uses a combining of radar and cameras to spot footer and will alert the gadget driver if someone ( or matter ) is in the way . If the driver does n’t brake , the motorcar will stop automagically . There are limitations to the system , as well . It only works if the elevator car is go less than 50 miles per hour and , according to Ford , “ in daylight and clear weather conditions . ”
So that ’s a first . From there , the motor company hope to tally other self - drive features to all of its cars . Some Ford cars already have lane departure bar and automated parking . Now with pedestrian sleuthing , the company that made the Model T may be on its way tothe ego - motor time to come we ’ve been anticipate . [ Tech Review ]
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