Autonomous technology could arrive in Toyotas within the next five years

Staff writer
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Toyota's Research Institute has announced that autonomous technology will arrive in its cars by the early 2020s.

It stated: "Our goal is zero accidents, but we don't think we will get there, as no technology is perfect, especially with other human-driven cars possibly responsible for crashes. We do think that some day we may be able to create a car that is never responsible for a crash. [But] this doesn't mean crashes won't occur."

Although it wants to have a goal of zero road deaths with this technology, and would ideally hope to have cars that aren't responsible for crashes, it stated that this may not be realistic as no technology is perfect.

Toyota went on to say it will demonstrate level 2 autonomy at the Olympics in 2020. The brand is currently using its Lexus LS model to test this technology.

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