Delphi Corrects Reuters Story On Self-Driving Cars

(RTTNews) - Delphi Automotive Plc (DLPH) on Friday corrected a Reuters story that quoted a Delphi executive as saying that two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc (GOOG, GOOGL) and the other by Delphi, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week.

"During a recent visit with Reuters, our Delphi expert described an actual interaction that we encounter all the time in real-world driving situations. In this case, it was a typical lane change maneuver. No vehicle was cut off and the vehicles didn't even come close to each other. Both automated vehicles did exactly what they were supposed to do," Delphi said in a statement.

On Thursday, Reuters said a Delphi prototype Audi Q5 crossover vehicle was about to change lanes on San Antonio Road when a Google self-driving prototype Lexus RX400h crossover cut off the Audi, forcing it to abort the lane change. The incident occurred on Tuesday.

Reuters said there was no collision place and the car took appropriate action, quoting John Absmeier - director of Delphi's Silicon Valley lab and global business director for the company's automated driving program - who was a passenger during the drive.

In a statement, Google said, "The headline here is that two self-driving cars did what they were supposed to do in an ordinary everyday driving scenario."