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Self-Driving Cars: Pros and Cons, Tech Behind Them and Timeline

September 23, 2019

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Recently, a study found it could still be 12 or more years before we can buy a self-driving car.

Listen to Jonathan Kelly, a professor at University of Toronto who specializes in autonomous vehicles, share his take. Below, Jonathan discusses if he agrees with that timeline prediction, the pros and cons of self-driving cars and the tech behind them that makes them work.

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Enroll in his Introduction to Self-Driving Cars course, which is part of the Self-Driving Car Specialization.

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