Drivers are taken for a ride by new Volkswagen technology

FORMULA ONE teams tired of paying up to £20 million a year for star drivers could soon be offered a cheaper alternative that never has tantrums or demands a wage rise: the car that drives itself. Volkswagen has been demonstrating a racing car that needs no driver, navigating its own way by means of laser scanners and military-specification global positioning systems.
It doesn’t crash, doesn’t get tired and completes every lap at the same ultimate speed for hour after hour. And it doesn’t shout at the mechanics, get lazy or bored or demand the use of a private plane to get to the circuit.

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