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Ford's Nair: Sensors, software are self-driving cars' main obstacles

Ford foresees a self-driving environment where the vehicle is not only referencing itself to a map but is also updating that map as it's driving, says Raj Nair, head of product development and chief technical officer for the automaker. (BLOOMBERG)
February 27, 2016 05:00 AM

LAS VEGAS -- Raj Nair says he will be first in line when autonomous vehicles go on sale. Nair, Ford Motor Co.'s product development chief and a big fan of self-driving cars, says the vehicles' two biggest needs are improved sensor capability and development of software that can read the road as a human would.

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