BMW Says Self-Driving Car To Be Level 5 Capable In Five Years (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday March 16, 2017 @08:00AM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

German carmaker BMW is on track to deliver a self-driving car by 2021, the company's senior vice president for Autonomous Driving, Elmar Frickenstein, said on Thursday. From a report: "We are on the way to deliver a car in 2021 with level 3, 4 and 5," Frickenstein told a panel discussion in Berlin, explaining the vehicle will have different levels of autonomy, depending on how and where it is used. A level 5 vehicle is capable of navigating roads without any driver input, while a level 3 car still needs a steering wheel and a driver who can take over if the car encounters a problem.

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Re:So what? by thinkwaitfast · 2017-03-16 09:47 · Score: 3, Interesting

Yeah, I remember being called names and downvoted when I said no way that was going to happen. I even wonder about five years. I took a ferry last week and despite talking with three different people I was still clueless, not to mention the hand signals that people were giving me.
wait, what lane do you want me to go in?
Randomly picks a lane, wait for yelling to commence if I guess wrong.