Audi Launches Red Light-Sensing Car Technology In Las Vegas

Back in August, Audi announced that it was working on technology that would let cars communicate with traffic lights so drivers know when the lights will turn from red to green. The carmaker is now ready to roll that tech out onto real streets, starting in Las Vegas.

Instead of having to sit and wait and wonder when the light will change, U.S. drivers will be able to chill out a bit more, an Audi executive explained to reporters (via the Las Vegas Review-Journal).

“A lot of the behavior in the car changes to a more relaxed form of driving,” Anupam Malhotra, director of connected vehicles for Audi America, said during a demonstration of the company’s “vehicle to infrastructure service” (V2I). “There are a lot of things that you could be doing while knowing fully that you’re not really taking your attention away from the road. That’s because the display is counting down right in front of you, showing the seconds until you need to go.”

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