A Volkswagen that drives itself?

Seems more suitable for the Cruise Control system, rather than really driving itself. Computers may malfunction, things may also obscure the system from performing. Full attention of the driver is still needed. But it seems like a great aid.

This is fruit from the winning Diesel Touareg that won the first DARPA challenge for the United States Department of Defense in 2005. It completed 132 miles off road without a driver while passing through checkpoints and over obstacles. The only vehicle to score 50 out of 50 checkpoints.

http://www.grandchallenge.org/

Nice, I stilll think this kind of technology is still a long time off, maybe it will never come in completely, maybe it will. We just have to wait and see.

It'll be great for the old folks!

If all cars were like this I'll trade my BMW in for a nice Lexus. I would also be pissed.

ouch!
you sound fun....

Rupert, Who let that guy in? Did you forget to close the door behind you again?

maybe this is the time for audi haters and bmw haters to unite against a common enemy; autospies haters....

and planotx.


LOL

Does this meen that vw is saying "Drivers not needed"?

HA! That's great

IamEvilHomer

I think VW had a sticker that said something like "Drivers not required" on its DARPA challange winning Stanley Touareg.

I guess with the way they have handled the US market they need to have this car. Now they need to find a way to make money with out any customers :)

looks like an A3

Its called a Golf.
World's best selling car EVER.
You need to get out.
Do they have roads and cars where you live?

I thought that by now everyone knew that an A3 was a Golf with climate-control and better sound-system! :)
(actually, even the Golf has climate control now ... not much seperating VW & Audi anymore)

mercedes has been working oon this for years it is nothing new

Yeah, but nobody's had the balls to video one driving on its own at speed ("We tried boss, but each time the car starts moving with no driver, the camera-man runs off!")

Kind of makes a car that parks itself look pretty lame....

cool it will be able to drive itself to the service department

finally i can start drinking and kind of driving again. whew! if i get this car will i still need the brethalizer ignition system or will the car blow for me? really tho its nice how it can drive through lanes of cones. now we just need to finish setting up the remaining roads with cone tracks(i mean remaining because most of our roads are under construction and already have their own cones.) really i assume it picks up the lines on the roads or something, but what about dirty roads or roads with no painted lines on them? and this guy who comments on this sites credibility does not list any alternatives as to what he considers top-rate car news sites. ive searched and this one is full of content wether its ripped or plagerized or not, i dont really care. it gives me something to do when i should be working.

test

lol1

I'd like to see which law will let auto-driving cars in the 21st century to go around the streets

VW electronics ? can somebody say lawsuit fast enough.. Mockery aside, I applaud VW for making such a great transportation device. Between them and yota, the future of the car is equivalent to your day bed. Warm cosy and about as involving *Yawn* ..as ....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *Snore* ZZzzzzz

This would allow people to commute from far far away without hating life. The future is alternative fuel auto piloting cars- even if auto pilot is only on the highway.