Automotive parts manufacturing company Delphi has completed its longest journey through an automated car covering 3,400 miles from San Francisco to New York.
The company highlighted that 99% of the drive was done in fully automated mode, which was part of the research conducted by Delphi engineers to gather information. The information could be used to further advance active safety technology in the vehicle.
Delphi claims that during the trip, the specially outfitted Audi SQ5 went through complex driving situations such as traffic circles, bridges, tunnels, aggressive drivers, construction zones, and a variety of weather conditions.
The company also highlighted that with the completion of the drive, the engineers were able to collect three terabytes of data.
The Audi SQ5 featured advanced technologies including integrated radar and camera systems, collision mitigation, forward collision and lane departure warning.
Delphi chief technology officer Jeff Owens said, "Our vehicle performed remarkably well during this drive, exceeding our expectations.
"The knowledge obtained from this trip will help optimize our existing active safety products and accelerate our future product development, which will allow us to deliver unsurpassed automotive grade technologies to our customers."
