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Cruising With No Hands at 80 MPH in Renault's Autonomous Car
- Symbioz model is Renault’s latest take on autonomous driving
- Seeks to reassure consumers with smells, lights, sounds
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It had snowed, rained and even hailed a little that morning in the northern French region of Normandy, and we were about to take a new car out for a test drive -- a unique model Renault SA built and polished for over two years.
Our stress levels were at a peak when the time came to push two buttons near the middle of the steering wheel, watch it retract, and feel the car take over and switch lanes at 80 miles per hour on a public highway.