CES 2015: Delphi’s New Autonomous Driving System Is High-Tech And Well-Hidden [Video]

Dude, where's my lidar?

The first thing that struck us about Delphi’s autonomous-driving model of the Audi S Q5 was that it looked like, well, a car. And a sleek one at that.

Each of the vehicle’s sensors was inconspicuous yet impressive in capability—no garish rotating sensor blocks and eye-like beacons, unlike the company’s 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge vehicle parked outside their tent at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Delphi took us for a ride around the Las Vegas strip in their highly-equipped prototype. Get a glimpse of how it works and what it can do in this video, by our partner Portico.

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Dave Mosher has watched humans and robots launch into space, flown over the North Pole to catch a total solar eclipse, tested inventors' home-built contraptions, toured defunct nuclear reactors, and donated his poop bacteria in the name of science, among other reporting adventures.