A self-driving Volkswagen AG minibus navigated real traffic conditions in Germany for the first time as Europe’s biggest carmaker takes its autonomous-driving technology to public roads amid a push to lead on software.
VW Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess sat in the back seat of an ID. Buzz prototype fitted with autonomous-driving tech as it zipped through downtown Munich this month. An electric iteration of VW’s iconic hippie-era van, the vehicle uses lidar and radar sensors as well as cameras for navigation, mapping and route planning.
