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braking, and steering. Hard-coded rules, obstacle avoidance algorithms,

predictive modelling, and object recognition help the software follow
traffic rules and navigate obstacles.

PROGRESSION BY LEADING COMPANIES
P R O GR E S SION B Y LE ADIN G C OMP ANIE S
A. Cruise: Cruise is a self-driving automobile firm based in the United

States. Cruise introduced Origin, a completely autonomous automobile

with no steering wheel or pedals, in January 2020.

B. Waymo: Waymo was started in 2009 as a driverless car technology
business. The initiative, developed by the internet giant Google, aims

to offer driverless automobiles. Its self-driving cars have travelled 20

million miles and are close to Level 5 autonomy. One billion simulated

miles of test driving were done by Waymo cars in 2016.

C. Ford aimed to have a fully autonomous vehicle on the road by 2021.

Ford planned to launch its self-driving business in 2022 with vehicles

based on the Ford Escape Hybrid crossover.
D. Audi stated that it would deploy a level 3 vehicle by the end of the

year 2017 and a highly automated vehicle by 2020. According to the

corporation, the company’s autonomous automobile would make use

of NVIDIA’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology. The new system,

known as Autonomous Intelligent Driving, is used across the whole

Volkswagen brand. In 2018, Audi unveiled the second-generation Q3,
a larger, more comfortable vehicle with the ability to operate partially

autonomously. Audi then partnered with Cognata Ltd, a maker of sys-

tems for autonomous vehicle simulation, to hasten the development of

autonomous vehicles.

E. Huawei: The Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, has shifted resourc-

es in recent years to the creation of autonomous vehicles. In October
2018, Huawei declared that it would work with Audi to create self-driv-

ing technology for cars sold in China. The partnership will concentrate

on creating so-called Level 4 technology, which is a car that drives itself

from beginning to end inside a specific area as specified by the

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