Project SAM gave a paralyzed racer his wheels back—and he took us for a spin

Jonathan Gitlin WASHINGTON—We’ve been for rides in quite a few autonomous cars of late, but today was something a little more special. Today, we went for a ride in Project SAM—short for Semi Autonomous Motorcar. It all started back in 2000, when a promising racing career was cut short as a pre-season crash left Sam Schmidt paralyzed […]