Nissan Sets Goal of Introducing First Self-Driving Cars by 2020
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Nissan Motor Co., which grabbed a global lead in electric car sales with its Leaf hatchback, wants to do the same thing with self-driving vehicle technology and plans to offer such models by 2020.
“We will be able to bring multiple, affordable fully autonomous vehicles to the market by 2020,” Andy Palmer, Nissan’s executive vice president, told reporters yesterday at a briefing in Irvine, California. Such systems mean “frustrating and unproductive commutes could become a thing of the past,” he said.