Tata Elxsi To Shift Focus From Driverless Cars To Assisted Driving Solutions

Tata Elxsi To Shift Focus From Driverless Cars To Assisted Driving Solutions

Tata Elxsi is a design and technology subsidiary of Tata Group

The company has observed a slowdown in demand for driverless car solutions

Earlier, Nitin Gadkari had said that India will not allow driverless cars

Tata’s product design and technology firm Tata Elxsi, has reportedly stopped testing its driverless car solution, as the demand for such an innovation has gone down among automakers.

According to a media report which cited Tata Elxsi CEO Madhukar Dev, “The need for full autonomy seems to have disappeared for the moment and what is coming in is assisted driving.” He also added that the company has slowed down work on driverless cars. 

The company has noted a much greater demand for conversion of vehicles into electric and hybrid ones, which has also increased the demand for assisted driving solutions. Tata Elxsi is reportedly licensing its assisted driving solution instead of fully autonomous cars. 

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