Watch an amazing auto-driving car tackle the chaotic streets of London – and its famous passenger is super impressed
AN AMAZING auto-driving car has tackled the chaotic streets of London – leaving its famous passenger impressed.
The Jaguar I-Pace is fitted with self-driving technology developed by UK firm Wayve, which allows it to navigate traffic without being told how to act.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, for many years the world’s richest man, rode shotgun as a passenger in the self-driving vehicle – which took him to pick up some fish and chips.
He said: “I was recently asked to take a ride around London in a car without a driver – or rather, no human driver.
“Other self-driving technologies work only on specific maps and streets.
“Wayve’s technology operates more like a human driver would, learning how to drive in one city and then applying that knowledge to driving in new places.
“London is a very challenging place to drive, with lots of traffic, pedestrians and cyclists.
Footage showed the car’s steering-wheel spinning hands free as it drove itself through what Gates called “downtown London”.
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The Wayve algorithm controls the car’s accelerator, steering-wheel, indicators and brakes.
Gates looked through the windscreen as the car slowed down for a London cyclist, before the algorithm eventually lost its patience and hit the accelerator.
He told Wayve engineers: “This is the real world. I’ll give you credit for picking one of the most difficult situations I’ve seen in an autonomous car – ever.
“The humans are having a hard time. You can tell they’re trying to make judgment calls.”
Gates celebrated the tech breakthrough by eating a box of fish and chips with his hands while still sat in the car.
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