According to Jim Lentz, Toyota North America CEO, the Japanese carmakers’ plans for autonomous vehicles fall more into the realm of helping drivers improve their skills rather than allowing drivers to sit back while the vehicle does the work.
Toyota’s driverless car technology has an advanced cruise-control system that uses wireless communication with nearby vehicles to determine a safe distance to follow. The company also uses a lane-monitoring technology that allows the steering wheel to keep to its highway lane. The company recently began testing the technology.
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