the Decision has been taken to try to improve safety on rural roads. It is five times as common for people to be killed on a country road in Victoria than in the city.
“this is another way we can improve safety and save lives,” says Jacinta Allen, minister for transport in Victoria’s state assembly to the Associated Press.
The automatic vehicle technology will primarily be developed by the German company Bosch. The first cars were test will be exposed to a variety of conditions, including weather and traffic.
to bet 2.3 million dollars on the project, which will be tested on the höghastighetsvägar in the countryside later in the year.
the DN has previously reported that the transport agency decided that the Volvo Cars get the go-ahead to test its self-driven cars in the Gothenburg area. Year 2021 aiming at self-driven cars in Sweden.
– We have full development at the time, and have had it for quite a long time, said Johan Larsson, communications manager for Volvo’s autonomous development, to the DN.
