【】to have Google to take the reins

While Uber and Tesla grab headlines in self-driving car tech, Korean engineers are building an autonomous vehicle that is planned for roadworthiness by the middle of this year. 。
A team at the Seoul National University have been building their self-driving car -- cleverly named SNUber -- for the past couple of years. While it's been available for use on campus via an app, the team is ready to test the outside terrain, thanks to Korea recently opening downtown roads to self-driving cars. 。
SEE ALSO:This 13-foot-tall mechanical suit looks like something straight out of a sci-fi film 。In a ride I had with two engineers, the car safely maneuvered through traffic on the Seoul campus, stopping for pedestrians, slowing traffic and oncoming buses that poked into its lane. 。
It was also able to overtake obstacles like double-parked cars and made safe left and right turns -- perhaps more passively than the average driver in safety-first, “grandma-style” fashion, as the driver put it. 。

Via Giphy 。 Seo Seung-woo, lead professor on the project, said he and his team of around 20 engineers ultimately aims for。Level 4。
driverless technology -- regarded as full autonomy, which involves ferrying a passenger from door-to-door on regular roads. They expect the tech will be ready for primetime by 2025. 。

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3D Lidar sensors on the car tracking obstacles around it.Credit: ELAINE RAMIREZ/MASHABLE。
They've tested the vehicles in snow and rain too, and is seeking more data for nighttime driving and more severe driving conditions.。 Seo said the lab expects its research to allow it to eventually step into the commercial realm as a technology supplier for carmakers.。South Korea's Hyundai, for one, has expressed interest in autonomous vehicles. It's said it's keen。 to have Google to take the reins。on its self-driving development, so it can bring partially semi-automated vehicles to。
market by 2020 。 .。Last November, the carmaker took its Ioniq concept vehicle。
out for a spin。

Screen for the rider in the back.Credit: ELAINE RAMIREZ/MASHABLE 。
Screen for passenger-side engineerCredit: ELAINE RAMIREZ/MASHABLE 。 “Economically and socially, there is so much evidence of why people will pursue and why people want autonomous driving in the future,” said Seo.。One is a rapidly aging society. More than half of Koreans are expected to be。
One is a rapidly aging society. More than half of Koreans are expected to be 。
older than 52 by 2040。
, and they will need a tool for mobility, he said. 。
Elaine Ramirez is a tech correspondent based in South Korea. 。Featured Video For You。These self-driving buses could make owning a car totally pointless。
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