The long road to autonomous vehicles

By MIKE FREEMAN
  • TECH

  • Friday, 07 Apr 2017

An Uber self-driving car. (Uber)

SAN DIEGO: Back in 1995, the NavLab 5 team at Carnegie Mellon University launched an autonomous vehicle on a trip from Pittsburgh to San Diego. 

The vehicle navigated itself, without intervention from a human driver, for 98% of the 2,800 mile journey. It averaged speeds above 60 mph. 

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