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Saving lives by letting cars talk to each other

  • Written by Huei Peng, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
imageWhen cars talk to each other, and their surroundings.Connected cars graphic via shutterstock.com

The death of a person earlier this year while driving with Autopilot in a Tesla sedan, along with news of more crashes involving Teslas operating in Autopilot, has triggered a torrent of concerns about the safety of self-driving cars.

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