Ford Triples Amount Of Self-Driving Cars In Test Fleet
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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) -- Ford is joining the list of automakers moving into the self-driving car sector and their stepping up their efforts- saying they will triple the number of cars in its test fleet.
At the CES gadget show in Las Vegas Tuesday, the company said it will add 20 Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrid cars to the fleet, giving it 30 to test on roads in California, Michigan and Arizona.
The company also announced that it would use the latest laser sensors made by Velodyne in its test vehicles. The 360-degree sensors are smaller and have a longer sensing range than the previous generation. They can fit into a side-view mirror rather than the old laser sensors that were housed in a globe on the roof.
Ford didn't give an estimate of when it might have an autonomous car available for the public to use.
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