Cross-country test of driverless car set
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan – Call it a preview of the cross-country road trip of the future.
An autonomous car developed by Michigan-based auto supplier Delphi Automotive will make a 3,500-mile journey across the U.S. starting March 22 in San Francisco and ending in New York a little more than a week later.
A person will sit behind the wheel at all times but won’t touch it unless there’s a situation the car can’t handle. The car will mainly stick to highways.
Delphi plans to show off one of several versions of the car – an Audi Q5 crossover outfitted with laser sensors, radar and multiple cameras – on Saturday at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Ferguson protesters vow more changes
FERGUSON, Mo. – The protesters who spent eight months pressing for changes in Ferguson’s police practices after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown take credit for this week’s resignations of the city manager and the police chief.
And they insist they still have unfinished business, with many planning to stay in the streets until the mayor of the St. Louis suburb is forced out and the entire police force dissolved.
“We will protest until we see everything in our favor. This movement has legs,” Derrick Robinson, a protest organizer, declared Friday. “We’re out here fighting for justice and equality, and that’s what we’ll continue to fight for.”
Oil prices pose threat, group warns
NEW YORK – Oil prices have further to drop with no signs of slowing production in the U.S., according to a global energy agency.
The International Energy Agency, a watchdog group based in Paris that represents the world’s main oil-importing nations, said in its monthly report Friday that the recent stabilization in oil prices is “precarious.”
“Behind the facade of stability, the rebalancing triggered by the price collapse has yet to run its course,” it said.
The IEA cautioned that risks of oil supply disruptions are growing. Low prices could raise the risk of social disruption.
Associated Press
