Waymo leads in self-driving race

Tests of 103 self-driving cars from nine manufacturers, driven over one million km on Californian roads, found Google’s Waymo scored best with just one human intervention every 8,250km driven

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Laser range finder: Rotating sensor with 64 laser beams scans 360-degree view to generate 3D map of surroundings up to 200m range

Global Positioning System software: Helps car determine its location

Video cameras: Help identify other road users, lane markers and traffic signals

Radars: At front and rear, detect proximity of obstacles

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Disengagements per 1,000km (driver has to take control, Jan-Dec 2016)

Company		Cars tested	Km driven	Disengagements 	Per 1,000km

Waymo		60		1,023,328	124		0.1

BMW		1		1,027		1		1.0

Ford		2		950		3		3.2

Nissan		5		6,597		29		4.4

GM Cruise	25		15,733		181		11.5

Delphi		2		5,029		178		35.4

Tesla		4		885		180		203.4

Mercedes	1		1,083		336		310.2

Bosch		3		1,582		1,442		911.5

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Uber’s self-driving fleet: 43 cars driven almost 25,750km in Arizona, California and Pennsylvania during week ending March 8, suffered 16,000 disengagements

Disengagements per 1,000km: 621.4

March 24: Uber self-driving SUV flipped on its side during collision in Arizona

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Sources: California Dept. Motor Vehicles, Recode 

Picture: Associated Press 

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