Though Google was more than happy to turn a few Prii into autonomous test beds, Toyota doesn't see much of a future for autonomous vehicles from the tech giant or Toyota's competitors.
Autoblog reports "Toyota's main objective is safety," not developing autonomous vehicles of its own, according to the automaker's deputy chief safety technology officer, Seigo Kuzumaki. He adds that he and Toyota's top brass don't believe such vehicles will have much marketability outside of the technocratic state of Silcon Valley, nor are they certain the technology is ready for primetime.
At the present, Toyota is working on 34 projects with 17 partners, including those involving V2V and V2I communication systems. That said, it believes the human behind the wheel is just as important as the computers running most of the show. Thus, the driver will not become a passenger in the near-term.
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