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Anarchy on India's roads has driverless car in a jam

India's push into driverless race is driven by conglomerates such as Tata Group and Mahindra Group

Anarchy on India’s roads has driverless car in a jam
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Heavy traffic moves along a busy road during a power-cut at the traffic light junctions in New Delhi

Saritha Rai | Bloomberg
At a secret testing track outside Bengaluru, an arm of the Tata conglomerate is recreating the jumble of Indian roads to develop an autonomous driving system.
 
That means accounting for pedestrians darting through traffic at will, multiple lanes that merge without warning, poor signage and stray cattle lingering on the roadside.
 
India’s push into the driverless race is being driven by conglomerates such as the Tata Group and Mahindra Group along with a slew of start-ups and engineering schools, which are taking on global giants in an industry that Intel projects will spur $7 trillion of spending by

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