“Not Even Close” To Fully Autonomous Cars

NuTonomy, a taxi startup, claims their fleet of fully autonomous self-driving driving taxis will hit the road in two years; last year, Fisker Inc. unveiled the Fisker EMotion, a car they assert will carry fully autonomous driving features; and right before 2016 wound to a close, Elon Musk boldly announced that every Tesla vehicle will be fully autonomous by 2017. Things are apparently looking good for the future of autonomous driving. But the latest statement made by Gill Pratt, the head of Toyota’s Research Institute, brings the world’s anticipation for a driverless future to a sobering halt – he asserts “we’re not even close to Level 5.”