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Under Construction. The concept of "autonomy levels" was originally published by the international Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in 2014, as part of its "Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to On-Road Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems" report
Timeline: 2015 Baidu, a Chinese internet company, has been publicly testing its self-driving-car technology An Audi A7 drove 550 miles in autopilot mode from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas. 2016 In April of 2016, Fiat-Chrysler began a partnership with Google and itÕs Waymo project to create a fleet of 100 self-driving Pacifica minivans that will be tested this year on the streets of Arizona, California and Michigan. Tesla's Autopilot system had a fatal accident in May 2016 It was categorized as driver error because they were misusing Autopilot 2017 - Level 2 - Tesla S Announcements as of June 2017 Elon Musk predicted a level 4 by the end of 2018 and a true level 5 Tesla in about 2 years (2019). FordÕs existing self-driving car efforts with Argo AI plan to have a Òfully autonomous vehicleÓ coming in 2021 According to Reuters, GM is rumored to have plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars next year (2018) with its ride-sharing affiliate, Lyft HondaÕs long-stated goal is to have cars with Waymo self-driving technology that can at least drive themselves on highways by 2020. Toyota company hopes to launch products based on its Highway Teammate programs in 2020 Renault-Nissan: 2020 for autonomous cars in urban conditions, 2025 for truly driverless cars Volvo: Self-driving on the highway by 2021 Hyundai: Highway by 2020, urban driving by 2030 Daimler: Nearly fully autonomous by early 2020s Fiat-Chrysler: CEO expects there to be some self driving vehicles on the road by 2021 BMW: Fully self-driving vehicles possible by 2021 Delphi, an auto electronics supplier, aims to release self-driving vehicles to the public in 2022Links: autonomous car 5 levels - Google Search |