They have arrived

Here in the United States, automakers are working tirelessly to get autonomous cars on roadways. We could even see the infamous driverless Audi TT hit showrooms as soon as 2015. But by 2015 driverless vehicles just might be old-hat — at least in Singapore. The Navia is an eight-seat shuttle with a profile that can't quite shake its golf cart aesthetic, which doesn't prevent it from being a fully-loaded bundle of awesome. As well as being fully autonomous, the Navia features touchscreen navigation and an electric motor. It even parks itself atop its charger when not out ferrying folks around town. A system of lasers and sensors detects anything that might be in the Navia's way and allows the vehicle to properly avoid obstacles in real time.Dvice

About five years sooner than predicted, so good for the auto engineers. They are deploying this in a big university campus environment. Soon it will arrive at gated communities across the country.