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'Not the cars of the Jetsons': Edmonton speeds up work on autonomous vehicles
The City of Edmonton is speeding up plans to bring driverless cars to town, after warnings the city could be missing out on a big opportunity.

“Four years ago was probably the best time to be a test city. It’s an uphill struggle now on this one,” said Paul Godsmark, with the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence, during an urban planning committee debate Wednesday. The St. Albert-based group advocates for autonomous vehicles.

The coming wave of driverless vehicles is expected to be a $30-million per year economic opportunity, according to the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation.

Self-driving vehicles detect the surrounding environment using artificial intelligence, sensors and GPS coordinates. Fans of the vehicles say removing human error makes roads safer, and riding in them would free up time for people to do other things while in transit.

“It’s time for us to really speed this up,” said Coun. Andrew Knack, who spearheaded a motion to put city staff to work on freeing up funds for a new pilot.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmont...p-work-on-autonomous-vehicles-driverless.html

Edmonton moves ahead on driverless vehicle testing
Edmonton is moving ahead with plans to partner with the University of Alberta on testing driverless vehicles.

A committee of city council approved a plan Wednesday that includes the hiring of three new staff and providing $325,000 to the U of A project for the purchase of a test vehicle.

The plan will be considered by city council as a whole when it debates a new budget in the fall.

The technology for driverless vehicles is coming sooner than people realize, Paul Godsmark, with the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence, a non-profit group, told the urban planning committee.

Driverless vehicles will become a reality sooner than people realize, Paul Godsmark, with the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence, said Wednesday.

Some experts predict the vehicles will be available for purchase as early as 2018, Godsmark said.

But he said the city's goal of becoming the northern testing city for autonomous vehicles in partnership with the U of A may be coming two years too late.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...es-autonomous-edmonton-city-traffic-1.4150166
 

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