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![]() 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 |