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Auto company to build 'smart' cars in 5 years

June 21, 2016 4:30 PM

Toyota is set to build 'smart' cars

Toyota is set to produce smart cars within the next five years.

DailyMail reports that the Japanese car maker intends to boost it's vehicles with artificial intelligence for maximum safety.

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Gill Pratt, head of the Toyota Research Institute, shed light on this, while speaking to reporters.

"The intelligence of the car would figure out a plan for evasive action ... Essentially (it would) be like a guardian angel, pushing on the accelerators, pushing on the steering wheel, pushing on the brake in parallel with you.

Some of the things that are in car safety, which is a near-term priority, I'm very confident that we will have some advances come out during the next five years," he said.

These cars will have the ability to anticipate and avoid potential accident situations.

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Inemesit Udodiong Inem Udodiong is the Entertainment Editor. A movie buff, film critic with a core interest in African cinema, and wellness. Reach her via inem.udodiong@pulse.ng

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