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Posted 3 days ago (June 13) on Facebook, a hilarious video showed a man telling his friend about the self-driving feature in his Honda, with a surprise at the end. The video starts with the man’s friend exclaiming over the fact that the car was moving and steering when the man did not have both of his hands on the steering wheel. Holding a fried snack in both of his hands, the man then educated his friend on the new ‘auto-driving’ features in his Honda. Throughout the video, the car was seen turning at junctions and even made a U-turn at one point while both men talked about the car's features. The video promptly ends with the friend turning the camera to reveal the hilarious truth: The ‘self-driving’ Honda was hooked up to a tow truck. While it’s not common to see autonomous vehicles in Singapore just yet, they might be a reality soon with news of the government testing several driverless vehicles in small areas of the country. So even if this video was posted as a joke, we may be able to see and own a self-driving Honda soon enough!

Many would have heard or read about Google's self-driving vehicles and they were the first to get a permit from the state of Nevada to test autonomous vehicles on public roads. Now it is Audi's turn to be granted a licence by the state of Nevada. The licence allows Audi to operate an autonomous vehicle on public roads. This is the third such licence issued out to companies that wishes to test autonomous vehicles on public roads. The second licence was issued out to tyre manufacturer, Continental late last year. This makes Audi, the first auto manufacturer to be issued out with such licence. Many might not know this but Audi has dabbled in autonomous vehicle technology before this. Audi teamed up with Stanford University and Volkswagen Group