Drivers superfluous at Geneva Motor Show

An annual pilgrimage for motor fans, the Geneva International Motor Show features some 130 new models and concept cars presented to its more than 700,000 visitors.

From the most surreal designs to those inspired by old-fashioned racing cars, there was something for everyone. But the name of the game for the future is without doubt the autonomous car.

According to its manufacturer Swiss company Rinspeed, the Budii car takes the concept of shared driving between computer and driver to a whole new level. Radars, lasers and other sensors allow it to operate fully autonomously. In the event of an emergency, it takes full control.

“Well it’s a new technology and we’ll start to get used to it. It’s like the Internet 20 years (ago), it was also a little bit scary. Today digital natives don’t know anything else but the Internet. So it’s a matter of generations, of adaptation to be into that technology,” said Rindspeed CEO Frank Rinderknecht.

The Budii is also equipped with a telesco