Autonomous car : the Range Rover Valeo soon on the Place de l’etoile in Paris – LesFurets.com

The Range Rover Valeo has started this Monday, of tests important to learn to take the Place of the Star in Paris (Ile-de-France). The autonomous vehicle is presented to an outstanding, unusual, very complex.

After circulating about the device and some of the avenues of Paris (Ile-de-France), the Rover’s autonomous Valeo tackles another challenge : the Place of the Star. The vehicle started on Monday a testing phase. Goal : to learn how to borrow the famous space at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, intersection of 12 avenues, reports BFMTV.

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A place in the chaotic traffic

The Range Rover Valeo has already travelled successfully on the roads, perfectly marked, with markings and descriptive panels clear. On the place de l’étoile, the traffic rules are completely different. This veritable nightmare for motorists, there is no marking on the floor. Moreover, it is a roundabout not a rotary classic. This means that the vehicles that get involved have the priority on those who are already on the site.

The behavior of drivers is modified. On the Place de l’etoile, drivers speeding or suddenly braking, go in force to clear the way, or even change their path without warning. Exactly the opposite of an autonomous vehicle, in theory. The many sensors linked to the onboard computer will be put to the test. For this reason, the first tests will take place between 22h00 and 2h00 in the morning.

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Has the rush hour from next October

The second phase of the test will be to run the vehicle at the assault of this roundabout is in full rush hour, as soon as next October. This way of proceeding corresponds to the standard classic tests on autonomous vehicles, a simple environment (in the middle of the night, with a restricted circulation) to a more complex environment (in the middle of the day, with a large amount of traffic). The oem had no trouble gathering all of the necessary permissions.

“Last September, a car equipped by Valeo has shot for 24 hours on the device, to 99% in stand-alone mode, without any problem,” said an industry expert. On the side of the ministry of the Interior, the autonomous vehicles do not frighten anyone. ” We have in France a leading player in the conduct stand-alone. It would be wrong to put a spoke in the wheels “, ensures a spokesperson for the ministry. As a reminder, the arrival of the first autonomous vehicles is expected by 2020.

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