World's largest self-driving test begins next week, deploying 100 vehicles

News on November 11, Teslarati reported that the world’s largest self-driving car test, conducted by Vanderbilt University and several other universities in cooperation with Nissan, Toyota, General Motors and the Tennessee Department of Transportation, will Taking place next week.

Autonomous driving is one of the most important technologies in the automotive industry, but safety is also a problem that this technology must solve. So to test the impact of self-driving cars on real-world driving, a group of legacy automakers are taking part in the world's largest self-driving test on a stretch of highway near Nashville, Tennessee. Researchers will observe the impact of self-driving on traffic rhythm and try to determine whether self-driving cars can reduce human-caused traffic congestion.

According to Vanderbilt University, the self-driving test will be conducted under strict restrictions. The university will deploy 100 self-driving vehicles on a 4-mile stretch of I-24, with testing taking place between 5 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Test vehicles include a Nissan Rouge, Toyota RAV4 and Cadillac XT5, each equipped with self-driving technology.

The university conducted a small-scale test earlier this year on a test section with a total of 20 vehicles. The test results found that one self-driving car can affect the driving speed of the entire group. They will now investigate whether the above preliminary results can be replicated in the real world. The researchers will also observe whether the improvements in average fuel economy seen in smaller-scale testing are reproduced.

A stretch of I-24 in Nashville was chosen as the testing site for a specific reason. The stretch of highway, named the "I-24 MOTION Testbed," is equipped with 300 4K cameras placed on poles spaced 600 feet (approximately 183 meters) along the stretch of highway to collect the average speed and speed of traffic. Other statistics, and can provide a very good look at individual self-driving cars and how they interact with other vehicles.

Automakers will use the test to see how their own (and competitors) vehicles perform in the real world, perhaps leading to advancements in self-driving.

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