From cruise control to self-driving mode: A history of automated car innovations
It may seem like technological advancements in automated vehicle safety have only been around since the middle of the 20th century, but it’s actually been 120 years since one of the earliest forms of what we now know as cruise control came to be. The 1904 Wilson-Pilcher Phaeton featured a speed governor attached to the middle of the camshaft, which allowed the driver to maintain a rate of speed via a lever on the steering column.