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this is chris sigler with the verge and i am in the passenger seat of this car i'm not driving why not because it's Audi's self-driving car you'll notice that there's nobody in the driver's seat about to go on a wild ride through the parking garage at the Mandarin Oriental got some sensors set up around here these are laser scanners that help the car figure out where to go and then it goes on a short path maybe a 100 150 feet out to the front we get out then the car turns around that part has to be done by hand with a real driver and then we drive back in and the car backs into the spot it's a little scary this is our robot overlord future in action it's happening right here in Las Vegas little terrified let's see how this goes so it's slow this is not like a Google car this is not like the car that Lexus introduced yesterday this is going 5 miles an hour through preset course audi plans on getting there they want to get to a full like highway experience in fact they're only the second automaker to have permission in the state of nevada to drive on highways with self-driving cars but this is not that this is just to help you park the car without having to be in it imagine you're at a mall you're at a some sort of shopping center bought your smartphone get a button the car comes and picks you up that's what this is so I was pretty awesome not gonna lie for the time being I'm okay driving the car myself parking really isn't that big of a deal but you know if I have to pay another 100 200 bucks to get this feature on my next car I might do it out he's thinking 10 years out for this so we'll see how that goes all right Audi let's go back to the convention center