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Self-driving cars emerge from the sci-fi realm - Modern Diplomacy
It's an ordinary day in the northern German city of Hamburg, where countless cars move along the streets and pedestrians cross at the intersections. This isn't some risky stunt but rather the final tests of technology designed by the European-Union funded L3Pilot project. In it, the researchers developed and tried out electronics for self-driving cars on urban roads and highways. 'It's very important to test automated vehicles under real-world conditions,' said Aria Etemad, who coordinated L3Pilot and is a researcher at German automaker Volkswagen. 'Letting them drive around in artificial environments is not enough.