{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/early-driverless-cars-used-underground-magnets-to-test-in-california-25-years-ago/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Early Driverless Cars Used Underground Magnets to Test in California 25 Years Ago","slug":"early-driverless-cars-used-underground-magnets-to-test-in-california-25-years-ago","createdLocal":"2023-07-19 14:31:00.658097","publishDate":"2023-07-18 18:00:00-04:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.thedrive.com/news/early-driverless-cars-used-underground-magnets-to-test-in-california-25-years-ago"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Perhaps even more interesting is the huge government-backed infrastructure investment in autonomous cars trialed in the 1990s.\nThis included burying 92,778 guidance magnets under the pavement, enabling the vehicles to sense where they were using these magnetometers.\nIn the late '90s, cars were just receiving new features like child seat recognition, smart keys, and hybrid powertrains.\nTo think that vehicles were able to drive themselves on a small section of highway using this tech is really a lot to take in.\nSimilar tests were conducted in Pittsburgh and Tempe, though none to the scale of publicity of what took place in California.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"early-driverless-cars-used-underground-magnets-to-test-in-california-25-years-ago"}}}