The IAA Mobility event, which is taking place in Munich this week, focuses on sustainable mobility and solutions and related issues. Even autonomous driving, which is expected to exceed the safety of traditional drivers as early as 2024. By 2050, people will be banned from driving.
While most companies are still in the development phase with their self-driving vehicles and haven't gotten further than a prototype, the startup Waymo, recently owned by Google, has teamed up with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to unveil the Pacifica, the first autonomous vehicle designed for commercial sales. In contrast to Tesla vehicles, they allow fully and not only partially autonomous driving. They will go on sale this month.
Honda, the Japanese car manufacturer, recently unveiled its prototype autonomous transport vehicle, now in its third generation. This innovative transport vehicle is designed to help people with tasks such as towing, loading and transporting materials.
Nissan's ProPILOT assistance system was first introduced in the new Leaf, and then expanded to other members of the Nissan family and can also be found in the current Nissan Qashqai. These are advanced systems that already perform some of the functions completely automatically.
Volkswagen presented an interesting concept called Sedric in Geneva. This heralds the brand's autonomous and electric future. In it, you will look for the steering wheel and pedals in vain, because it is a vehicle of the fifth level, i.e. the highest level of car autonomy, which allows the complete absence of a driver. The Germans want to reach this level by 2025.
Ride-sharing provider Uber will soon start transporting its customers with self-driving cars. In fact, it has included customized Volvo XC90 models in its fleet, which will receive the first customers before September. It is the first commercial attempt to use fully autonomous vehicles and this type of technology. And while Uber will already transport customers around the world without a driver, we are still waiting for its arrival in Slovenia. How much longer? Uber assures that it has us "on the fly".
Self-driving cars are trained to operate with extreme caution, but driving situations arise where autonomous vehicles must maneuver at high speeds to avoid collisions. Can these vehicles, equipped with tens of thousands of dollars worth of high-tech sensors and programmed for "normal" driving, make these decisions faster than a human?
Volkswagen's commercial vehicle division will build and test an autonomous version of the Volkswagen ID model by 2025. Buzz, in the form of an autonomous taxi.
Startup company Otto recently set a new milestone in the field of transportation. A Volvo truck equipped with autonomous driving technology successfully completed the first commercial autonomous delivery in the history of transportation after the truck successfully delivered 50,000 cans of Budweiser beer to its destination, covering 193 kilometers without any complications.
Startup company Robomart has opened the world's first self-driving store. Manufacturers want to deliver groceries, bakery goods and prepared food directly to people with the help of an autonomous robot.
Self-driving cars have become a topic of everyday conversation, they are so hot. Testing of these cars is legal in more and more places, and practically every car manufacturer is developing its own version. Of course, the German BMW is also among them.
Although the word smart is given to the Smart vehicle by birth, it is actually just a small and not particularly smart vehicle. A truly smart vehicle must be able to drive itself and sideways, as the Smart small EO Smart ''Connecting Car'' 2 knows. rush hour traffic is a nightmare and a free parking space is a wish.