Driverless

It's enough to make the car enthusiast's skin crawl. Visions of autonomous cars making their way along the highway while the occupants go about their daily business. If you love driving and cars, handing over control of your car to a machine is like handing over a child. Bill Reinert, a mechanical engineer who led the Toyota Prius design team, sees driverless cars as part of our future though. When someone who made the disruptive hybrid technology mainstream makes predictions about the future, you're inclined to take notice. Having passengered in an automated Prius between Mountain View and...