Self-Driving Cars: Who Is Responsible When Someone Dies? (eejournal.com)

Wally Rhines of Mentor Graphics recently discussed the need for simulation testing for autonomous vehicle systems. He quoted the CEO of Toyota as saying that 9 billion miles of testing would be required, and pointed our that would take 300 cars, driving 60 miles per hour, 24 hours a day for 50 years. He argues that the only way to achieve that level of testing is (therefore) simulation.