Tech can’t stop it raining

When it comes to selfdriving, there’s no hiding place. Either it works or it doesn’t. And sensors don’t always work. If your car has a reversing camera, you’ll know how its performance is reduced by rain or dirt. And poor weather is no friend of digital radio reception. Daimler’s Wilko Stark admits: ‘Autonomous cars are highly weather dependent. In snow, it doesn’t really work.’