Monday, September 8, 2014

Self-Driving Cars Coming in a few years!

Some of you may have heard of the Google self-driving car...  GM is making advances in this area -- and the firm says that some of these features will be on the road in just two+ years!  Read more here:


Cars that can talk to each other and almost drive themselves at freeway speeds are just two years away from the showroom, General Motors executives indicate.

The carmaker announced Sunday that the semiautonomous system for freeways will be an option on an unidentified 2017 Cadillac that goes on sale in summer 2016. Another 2017 Cadillac, the CTS, will be equipped with radio transmitters and receivers that will let it communicate with other cars, sharing data such as location, speed, and whether the driver is applying the brakes.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/09/07/offer-car-that-will-almost-drive-itself/ifBPed99vWSzw2NFa0IhPP/story.html?p1=Article_InThisSection_Bottom