it could be the most hi tech road trip ever attempted delphi automotive is set to attempt what it bills as the 'longest automated drive ever attempted in north america' the 3,500 mile coast to coast excursion will take place in a specially rigged audi sq5 that will mostly drive itself scroll down for video  the delphi drive will kick off march 22 near san francisco's golden gate bridge, with plans to wind up in new york city just before the annual auto show opens there on april 3 the delphi drive will kick off march 22 near san francisco's golden gate bridge, with plans to wind up in new york city just before the annual auto show opens there on april 3 during the coast to coast journey in the audi, at least two delphi engineers will be aboard, including one behind the wheel delphi, one of the largest suppliers of automotive electronics and safety systems, is using the long journey in the audi crossover to acquire real world data from a sophisticated array of cameras, radar and lidar   a laser mapping technology   as well as wireless connected vehicle technology the firm also wants to test and demonstrate its active safety systems, which are being developed with such suppliers as mobileye nv, an israeli maker of computer vision and collision avoidance systems, and software provider ottomatika, a spinout from carnegie mellon university's self driving car program delphi's demonstration underscores growing interest and investments by automakers and suppliers in self driving cars, some of which could be production ready by 2020 the delphi drive will kick off march 22 near san francisco's golden gate bridge, with plans to wind up in new york city just before the annual auto show opens there on april 3 jeff owens, delphi's chief technology officer, sees the automated driver assistance systems in the audi as building blocks on the road to fully self driving cars in the next decade during the coast to coast journey in the audi, at least two delphi engineers will be aboard, including one behind the wheel delphi, a former general motors co unit domiciled in the uk, will test such functions as traffic jam assist, automated highway pilot with lane change and automated parking and valet all of those systems are expected to be introduced in production cars over the next two to three years although automakers and suppliers will have such capability within the next five years, owens said, 'our view is that the driver is going to be in the seat for a long time' in case of emergency situations that self driving systems may not be equipped or programmed to handle during the coast to coast journey in the audi, at least two delphi engineers will be aboard, including one behind the wheel delphi, a former general motors co unit domiciled in the uk, will test such functions as traffic jam assist, automated highway pilot with lane change and automated parking and valet all of those systems are expected to be introduced in production cars over the next two to three years fully automated systems that may be phased in after 2020 could add about $5,000 to the cost of a car, estimates glen de vos, vice president of advanced and product engineering for delphi's electronics and safety division delphi is providing some of the components and technology, including vehicle to vehicle connectivity, for gm's super cruise automated driving system, which will debut in 2016 on the new cadillac ct6 sedan during the cross country trek, the vehicle will be challenged under a variety of driving conditions from changing weather and terrain to potential road hazardsthings that could never truly be tested in a lab 'delphi had great success testing its car in california and on the streets of las vegas,' said owens 'now it's time to put our vehicle to the ultimate test by broadening the range of driving conditions 'this drive will help us collect invaluable data in our quest to deliver the best automotive grade technologies on the market'
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drive will start march 22 near san francisco's golden gate bridge  plans to wind up in new york city before the auto show opens on april 3  drive will use a specially adapted audi sq5 