Autonomous Cars

n the last couple of years autonomous cars are also known as self-driving cars are becoming more and more possible, but when were they started to be pursued. According to the article “Autonomous Cars Through the Ages” by Tom Vanderbilt, “ humans have dreamed about autonomous cars since the day of Leonardo Da Vinci’s robotic cart (Vanderbilt).” Then later in the 1920’s is when they started being experimenting on. Then by the 1950’s, there were some trials that started looking promising. In the article “Autonomous Cars Through the Ages” it talks about “one trial in 1958 the company Wetmore notes tested a 1958 Chevrolet that could sense the alternating current of wire embedded in the road and would adjust the steering wheel accordingly (Vanderbilt).”