Road testing self-drive cars

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Road testing self-drive cars

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John Thornhill talks to nuTonomy's Gretchen Effgen about why the company chose Singapore as well as Boston to test its self-drive cars and why it uses a formal methods approach to developing its software. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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