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Delphi’s self-driving car is boring in the best way possible — CES 2016

2016-01-06
this is Ross Miller with a verge it's day two at CES and we're here at delft eyes car park tint I know Delphi is known for its evolution and self-driving cars every year there's something a little bit new to show so we're gonna be here check that out and of course that means we're just gonna go hop in an Audi and let it drive us around Vegas for a little bit last year Delphi off had an Audi SUV with cetana mastectomy Sisco to new york this year the company is showing off what it's calling v2e or vehicle to everything basically it's a combination of hardware and software that lets the car talk directly with vehicles special traffic lights and even with pedestrians assuming they have the right chips and their smartphones at least all that data is augmented by a series of cameras and radars and other sensors and things that create more situational awareness which is really the goal of all self-driving technology and the end result is actually it's rather boring now that isn't necessarily a bad thing our demo drive around Vegas roads went rather smoothly with the car self-steering self accelerating and self braking as appalled to float traffic and maintain a safe distance in fact the most exciting moment happened when our video crew chase car just happen to cut in front of us with one of our camera guys hanging out the side of the car if he falls out of it if he falls other than what was car notice top does not have a p2x enable phone so yeah it can be a bit dull in practice but when the end result is not hitting things dole is probably good Delphi as vehicle to vehicle system will be first integrated into the 2017 Cadillac CTS for Mormon Delta for more on self-driving cars for more on any kind of consumer electronics at CES and beyond please check out the verse comm or subscribe to our youtube channel at youtube.com slash The Verge
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