Toyota Steers Away From Driverless Cars, Toward Safety-Enriched Cars

“Toyota will not be developing a driverless car,” Seigo Kuzumaki said. Instead, various Toyota executives discussed the company’s efforts toward what they call an “Automated Highway Driving Assist” (AHDA) system at the fourth annual Toyota Advanced Safety Seminar, held yesterday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The system would use three key technologies to bolster a driver’s capabilities during a typical commute.