DRIVERLESS VAN GOES 8,000 MILES FROM ITALY TO CHINA

The Visilab team left Italy back in July with an EV autonomous orange van.  They have arrived in China after going through places like Moscow and the Gobi Desert.  The EV van used an array of laser scanners, cameras and GPS to navigate with minimal human intervention.  Since the vehicles are EV they made the trip without having to stop for fuel, but the range was limited to four hours before they had to stop to recharge.  The trip was 8,078 miles (13,000km).  Pretty impressive! [Engadget]