{"id":1226,"date":"2016-03-10T22:37:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akinsford.com\/blog\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2024-04-24T05:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:00:04","slug":"ford-autonomous-vehicle-snow-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akinsford.com\/blog\/ford-autonomous-vehicle-snow-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Challenge for Autonomous Vehicles? Winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve written before about the advances that Ford has made in making a truly autonomous vehicle. While the testing that Ford autonomous vehicles will be doing on public roads in California later this year<\/a> will likely not be plagued by ice and snow, that is the next challenge for autonomous vehicle testing :winter weather performance. Keep reading to learn more about Ford autonomous vehicle snow driving advances happening right now. <\/p>\n

Ford Autonomous Vehicle Snow Driving<\/h2>\n

There are some key pieces to successful snow driving. We may be a while away from 100 percent autonomous driving in all situations, but we are getting closer every day to cars that can drive you anywhere you have been before. To compensate for blowing snow and white-out conditions, Ford\u00a0autonomous vehicles use advanced LiDAR technology<\/a> to map out the journey in advance so that they can have a responsive digital model of what the road conditions should be. Basically this means that while you may need to pilot your vehicle on the first couple days of your commute, the autonomous technology can take over after that, even in horrible ice and snow weather conditions.<\/p>\n

Read More: Integrate Your Home and Your Car with SYNC and Amazon Echo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Interesting Facts About Ford Autonomous Vehicle Technology<\/h3>\n

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