Indian auto maker Mahindra and Mahindra has been well known in the country for its potential in the utility vehicle’s segment in the country. But this time around the company has been planning on launching an autonomous car that can indeed drive you around without requiring manual inputs from you. Mahindra’s electric car Reva is likely to be the first trim to be based on this new technology. Mahindra would indeed be the latest carmaker to be working on self-driving cars followed by other carmakers like Audi, Google, Mercedes Benz, Tesla and BMW.
Speaking more on the occasion a source from within the company said, “We have already begun experiments in our R&D facility in Bengaluru. Once we get approvals from the respective governments, we'll start testing these cars on road.” Commenting further, another executive from the company said, “Indian roads are too crowded to test driverless cars at the moment. Currently, our focus is on the US, Europe and South-East Asian markets. Once these experiments are successful, we might start road tests in India as well.”
Technological improvisation has been on a priority for global automakers. In recent time, major automakers have also focused on introducing safety and convenience features like AMT, ABS and airbags, cruise control and now it’s the much talked about autonomous technology laden cars.
