Mercedes becomes the first European manufacturer to test advanced autonomous driving in Beijing. In an official statement, the German brand has started testing the Level 4 driver assistance systems on highways and urban streets of the Chinese metropolis.
This means that models equipped with this technology will be able to carry out a series of maneuvers completely autonomously, such as remote parking, reversing and turning at intersections in heavy traffic without the intervention of the driver (who is still called upon to act in cases of necessity and emergency).
In Germany there is the Drive Pilot
We remind you that Mercedes currently offers the Drive Pilotan autonomous driving system of level 3available as an option in Germania and in some American states where its use has been approved.
A Mercedes EQS equipped with Drive Pilot
This system allows the car to take control of driving functions under certain conditions, leaving the driver free to perform other tasks, such as replying to emails.
The person sitting in the driver’s seat, however, must intervene in certain cases and is equally held responsible in the event of an accident, even if the person was in control of the vehicle at the time of the accident.
The developments of autonomous driving
Mercedes is not the only manufacturer working on autonomous driving in China.
Tesla is working in the Land of the Dragon on Full Self Driving and has been given permission to test in parts of Shanghai. General Motors, meanwhile, received permission last year to test self-driving Cadillacs in Shanghai.
Meanwhile, tech companies like Alphabet’s Waymo and Baidu’s Apollo Go are developing robotaxis as the future of mobility, testing driverless service on the streets of cities like San Francisco and Wuhan.
Tesla Model 3 Performance 2024
Speaking of (almost) fully autonomous cars, in China there is the JiYue Robocar 01a model born from the partnership between Baidu and Geely.
According to JiYue itself, the car is capable of driving almost entirely autonomously on 90 percent of China’s highways and in the cities of Hangzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai.
Based on the same platform of the smart #1, the car is also able to park itself within a radius of 2 km from the place where you got out.
Source: it.motor1.com
