FIR sensors are the future of autonomous vehicle technology

The advent of autonomous vehicle technology is causing the automotive industry to undergo radical change. Every tech business seems to have joined the race to build the first fully autonomous vehicle (AV). However, recent crashes from powerhouses like Uber and Tesla are causing some to question the proliferation of self-driving cars: How long will it take to truly achieve level-5 autonomy? Despite these prescient doubts, experts affirm the industry’s future is inevitably autonomous, and it is just a matter of time before all cars become self-driving. Alex Rodrigues, CEO from Embark, says autonomous vehicles are “the only plausible strategy that we have as a society to get to zero [fatalities].” New research from the University of Michigan suggests it takes just one AV on the road to avoid “phantom traffic jams” and make conditions safer for all surrounding drivers.

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