Best of 2012: #8: Rise of the Self Driven Car – Ions

In May of 2012, a car and a truck dove along highway in Spain. The one thing they were missing? The convoy drove 120 miles without human intervention during the experiment in which Sarte project – driven ahead by European Commission – aims to develop autonomous road trains to lead these convoys and reduce traffic, accidents and improve flow. This was a small milestone in a year that saw large leaps in the field of self-driving cars. Google's self-driven vehicles have famously gone 30,000 miles without an accident or incident, and are now licensed in both Nevada and California for road use.