I recently wrote about the proposed blue-green or turquoise marker light color that will indicate when a car is operating under ADS — Automated Driving System mode.
But what is ADS? The name itself pretty well defines the system, it’s when a vehicle is driving itself however, like most technology, it’s a little more involved than that.
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