India to ban autonomous cars

India to ban autonomous cars

India, the world’s second-most populous country, has announced it will make autonomous cars illegal after an edict from the government last week.

As the rest of the world is going troppo for autonomous driving technology, with car makers and tech companies spending billions of dollars to get an edge, and governments re-writing road regulations to suit, India has a planted a big stop-sign in front of self-driving cars.

“We won’t allow driverless cars in India. I am very clear on this,” Nitin Gadkari, India’s transport minister, stated at a press conference reported by the Hindustan Times .The advent of robotics and […]

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