Self-driving Cars Coming to Houston

The program

Test drives will start soon for all-electric, self-driving cars designed by Nuro to deliver fast food, groceries, and small packages.

Participants

WalMart, Domino’s, Kroger

Nuro’s R2 vehicle

• battery-powered and smaller than any passenger car
• relies on AI software, digital sensors, cameras, and LIDAR technology link: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lidar.html 
• 360-degree vision to monitor for traffic, pedestrians, bike riders, and road conditions
• front end will giveaway should it strike a pedestrian or vehicle
• recently received the Department of Transportation’s first federal exemption to test drive on public streets
• a BIG HIT with investors raising over $1 billion

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