Self-driving tech firms take R&D to the track

Participants can push the limits at the 2-mile Thunderhill Raceway Park track. (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS ILLUSTRATION)

October 25, 2021 04:00 AM

WILLOWS, Calif. — Sometimes progress comes as two steps forward and one step back. But sometimes it comes with one full step backward.

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