The self-driven vehicle technology (SDV) business is booming.
Last year, it raised a record $6.2 billion in funding from investors including Google, SoftBank, Alibaba and Andreessen Horowitz.
It has a big target in sight: a test drive in Nevada where the company will test its autonomous vehicle technology in Nevada’s Autonomous Vehicle Technology Demonstration (AVED) test center.
The company has been developing the technology for a decade.
In 2018, the company was awarded a $7.7 million grant from the US Department of Defense for autonomous vehicle research and development, but it is now working on a $10 million grant to develop the technology in-house.
“The goal is to get a working self-drive vehicle to the Nevada test facility and test the vehicle in-depth in order to understand its safety and performance characteristics,” a company spokesperson told The Information in a statement.
To date, the AVED test center has hosted three test events in the past year, including the 2016 Nevada event.
The Nevada event will see an automated vehicle in the middle of a highway, using sensors and cameras to navigate a test track, according to the company.
The AVED facility will test out the company’s automated vehicle technology to verify its safety.
Tesla’s autonomous vehicle testing facility is set to open this year in Palo Alto, California.
On the test track that the AVES are testing on, the Tesla vehicle is being driven by an autonomous driving instructor who has been trained by the company to assist the driver in controlling the vehicle.
The test is scheduled to last for approximately 15 minutes and will involve the car driving down a road of varying speeds and the instructor assisting the driver as the vehicle approaches the road.
Tesla said that it plans to have all of its test events held in the same facility and that each event will have the same format.
A self-propelled vehicle that can be self-guided and driven autonomously is called a “self-driving vehicle”.
Self-driving cars are not vehicles that have been programmed to drive themselves.
Autonomous vehicles are autonomous systems that have a computer program that tells the car to take a course, take a turn, take another turn and stop and return to the starting point, according the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
In addition to self-tracking and self-parking, Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are also capable of steering.
At the end of the test, the vehicle is given the option of being “parked” or being “steered” so that it can continue to drive in the future.
As the company plans its Nevada AVED event, Tesla is also planning to test out self-controlled vehicles that will be able to take control of their own autonomous vehicles.
Tesla has already demonstrated the capability of controlling self-owned autonomous vehicles, including one called Autopilot.
One of the major challenges for self-operated vehicles is getting them on and off the road safely.
Autonomous driving systems typically have to make certain decisions in order for them to safely operate the vehicle on public roads, such as when to turn left or turn right.
Tesla said that the company is working to solve this problem by developing software that can tell a self-steering car to drive itself in the event that it has a problem that needs to be corrected.
For example, if the car is on a road and it needs to take some time to make its turn, the system will be programmed to slow down and steer the car in the direction that the driver is pointing at, so that the vehicle will not get stuck.
The company also plans to develop software that will allow the system to control autonomous vehicles remotely, which could make it easier for it to have its autonomous vehicles on the road and not have to take off and land.
While Tesla is already working on self-driving cars that are able to drive on the highway, it is unclear if it will also be able for autonomous vehicles to drive through other types of environments.
If self-control does exist, it will be limited to certain areas such as parking lots and busy roads.