pune the citybased automotive research association of india arai unveiled indias first autonomous car prototype it developed indigenously in association with cognizant technologies on the closing day of the symposium for international automotive technology a video was played showing a small driverless car on a test track it performs functions like overtaking a stationary car moving on a smooth road and turning left and right a team of about 20 people from arai and cognizant were involved in the project there is debate in the auto industry on whether autonomous cars are wise in india given the chaotic traffic on the countrys roads recently maruti suzuki chairman r c bhargava was quoted as saying driverless cars will not work in india senior arai officials are of the opinion that initially this technology can be used to assist nightdriving at certain speeds on select corridors and can potentially cut down on the number of road accidents we believe it will be much safer when the technology matures as the sensors fixed on the car can sense 360 degrees and farther than the human eye said mangesh saraf deputy director of arai autonomous vehicles need are not just driverless vehicles but also as driverassisted vehicles with better reaction and intelligence he added pawan goenka managing director of mahindra mahindra m m chimed in recently that technology can initially be tested in tractors on farms as there is little risk of accidents there m m is reportedly working on an autonomous prototype tractor for the purpose in six months arai aims to test these vehicles with more vehicles around to simulate real road conditions by satyanarayan iyer tnn published on jan 22 2017 at 1118 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app arai cognizant automotive research association of india prototype automotive research association of india arai autonomous car homenewsindustryarai unveils autonomous car prototype