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Why high cost could make full autonomy unrealistic

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ZF’s Farid Khairallah says Level 5 vehicles would need much more computer processing power than today’s vehicles have. (JOE WILSSENS)
August 08, 2019 07:00 AM

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan -- Automakers are finding the pursuit of fully autonomous Level 5 self-driving vehicles to be more expensive and technically complex than expected, Farid Khairallah, portfolio director of safety domain control units for ZF, said Tuesday at the 2019 CAR Management Briefing Seminars.

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