I tested a self-driving car (and it was wild)

Published on 26 March 2017

You may already know that I've been working with Nissan on various topics for a few months now. It's partly thanks to that that I got the chance to be one of the lucky few to test a self-driving car (a Nissan Leaf) on the streets of London a few days ago, with Nissan of course. I'm going to keep this extremely short, and you'll quickly understand why.

My impressions, at least, are simple: it was awesome. I felt perfectly safe, probably even more so than if I'd been with a real driver. It's a weird thing to say, I imagine, especially coming from a guy who doesn't even have a driver's license, but I was clearly at ease.

If I told you right away that I'd keep it short, it's because I was joined by Korben and Léo, who both produced really high-quality content, so I'm mostly going to invite you to go take a look :). Korben's article is here, and above all their two videos are below, and they're really great!

(did you catch the moment my mug shows up? Naughty…)

And Léo's video below!

There you go, I hope this kind of thing evolves and spreads fast, the manufacturers' promises in terms of safety are indeed particularly enticing. Thanks again to Nissan, Florence, and of course Korben and Léo, it was so much fun!

Photo credit: DR

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