Why India is the perfect testing ground for self-driving cars

Jan18

by Sindy Cator on January 18, 2017 at 11:39 am

While Google, BMW, Tesla, Audi, Nutonomy and Uber are working feverishly to be the first to bring self-driving cars onto our roads, there hasn’t been a lot of noise about autonomous vehicle tech in developing countries – until now. India-based engineering firm Tata Elxsi announced today that it’s gearing up to begin testing its own self-driving system in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. Although it isn’t building its own cars, the company (which is part of the $23 billion Tata Group that also runs power, steel, communications and software businesses) told Business Standard that it’s already started trials with…