Subaru Granted Permit To Test Autonomous Vehicles In California

Subaru has been granted a permit to test its self-driving cars on the streets California, making it the 22nd company to be given such a permit.

With the Japanese marque’s EyeSight system, it already offers some level of autonomy to its range-topping models.

According to reports, Subaru plans on adding more features to this system in the coming years, including traffic jam autonomous navigation and steering as well as semi-autonomous highway functionalities by 2020.

The firm’s alleged plans come despite it remaining relatively tight-lipped about its self-driving plans in recent months even though many of its rivals have promised semi-autonomous or fully-autonomous vehicles in the coming years.

Other companies testing autonomous vehicles on the streets of California include Volkswagen, Google, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, GM, BMW, Honda, Faraday Future, NVIDIA and NextEV.

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