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Automated Vehicle Research project manager Ashley McDonald watches the video screen as she keeps her hands off the steering wheel while a Volvo XC90 SUV test vehicle self parks along a street near the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The vehicle display still indicates drivers to hold onto the steering wheel as senior research engineer and team leader, simulation software, Chris Schwarz demonstrates the self driving technology available in a Tesla Model S75D test vehicle as he drives the car near the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A heads-up display indicates the vehicle speed and other data as automated vehicle research project manager Ashley McDonald drives a Volvo XC90 SUV test vehicle along Highway 965 near the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Senior research associate Cher Carney drives the high-fidelity ground vehicle driving simulator, NADS-1 at the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. The simulator projects scenery 360 degrees around the driver. The vehicle cab is mounted on four independent actuators that provide vibration associated with driving on varying road surfaces. The dome containing the vehicle cab and projection system is mounted on motion base that can independently provide yaw, roll, pitch, turning, lateral and longitudinal cues to the driver. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Senior research associate Cher Carney drives the high-fidelity ground vehicle driving simulator, NADS-1 at the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. The simulator projects scenery 360 degrees around the driver. The vehicle cab is mounted on four independent actuators that provide vibration associated with driving on varying road surfaces. The dome containing the vehicle cab and projection system is mounted on motion base that can independently provide yaw, roll, pitch, turning, lateral and longitudinal cues to the driver. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The high-fidelity ground vehicle driving simulator, NADS-1 at the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. The simulator projects scenery 360 degrees around the driver. The vehicle cab is mounted on four independent actuators that provide vibration associated with driving on varying road surfaces. The dome containing the vehicle cab and projection system is mounted on motion base that can independently provide yaw, roll, pitch, turning, lateral and longitudinal cues to the driver. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Senior research engineer and team leader, simulation software, Chris Schwarz demonstrates the self driving technology available in a Tesla Model S75D test vehicle as he drives the car near the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The area around the charging port shows green to indicate that charging is occurring as senior research engineer and team leader, simulation software, Chris Schwarz demonstrates the Tesla Model S75D test vehicle at the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A video screen shows location information as automated vehicle research project manager Ashley McDonald drives a Volvo XC90 SUV test vehicle along Highway 965 near the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard, in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday. July 25, 2017. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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