Self-Driving Audi SQ5 Completes Cross-Country Trip

A self-driving Audi SQ5 has completed a 3,400-mile road trip.

The journey was organized by Delphi and started in San Francisco before ending in midtown Manhattan yesterday, taking nine days and is the first coast-to-coast trip done by a self-driving car. The company wanted to test its autonomous driving technology and according to Delphi, 99 percent of the trip was done with the car in automated mode.

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Throughout the trek, Delphi complied with state laws by having a person in the driver’s seat at all times, ready to take over if necessary. Other engineers on the trip were on hand to monitor data gathered from the numerous autonomous driving technologies including the radar, high-end microprocessors and software that has been outfitted on the SQ5. Delphi has no plans on building its own self-driving car but hopes to sell the technology to automakers.

“Along the way, the vehicle encountered complex driving situations such as traffic circles, construction zones, bridges, tunnels, aggressive drivers and a variety of weather conditions,” Delphi said in a statement.

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