The company, Hyperstealth, has come up with a way to obscure objects to the naked eye, making them virtually invisible.

As head of Uber ATG, Raquel Urtasun had her pick of where to settle down with the company and she chose Toronto.

The Germany company said Friday that Krueger, 53, would not seek an extension of his contract, which expires at the end of April 2020.

Tranportation experts say autonomous vehicles could lead to traffic and congestion increasing by up to 30 per cent in cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

The facility in Nepean includes a private track complete with lines, stop signs, crosswalks, traffic lights and even potholes.

Through the use of sensors, the vehicle is able to interact with its environment and safely stop for pedestrians, cars and animals.

Novex Delivery Solutions is still putting drivers in the front seat for now, but the cars do all the work.

Starting Thursday, the cars will be driven on Toronto streets and highways on manual mode and operated by a driver, while the passenger controls testing.

GM, which announced a plan to close several plants, including one in Oshawa, said it was doubling resources allocated to electric and autonomous vehicle programs.

If General Motors was not acting today, Mike Colledge writes, you can bet that in five to 10 years when they required a bailout, the criticism would all be leveled around why they didn’t act sooner when they saw the shift to electric and autonomous coming.