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BMW, Continental Partner on Automated Driving Project
BMW AG and Continental AG have launched a two-year project to test autonomous vehicle systems for use on European freeways.
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BMW AG and Continental AG have launched a two-year project to test autonomous vehicle systems for use on European freeways.
The companies agreed in January to jointly develop an "electronic co-pilot." Between now and the end of 2014 they will equip several prototype cars with near-production technologies.
On-highway tests will evaluate such technological challenges as interchanges, toll stations, road construction zones and national borders.
BMW and Conti aim to develop general hardware and control concepts that can be used to develop highly automated driving systems for the next decade. Both companies have already developed and tested autonomous driving systems.
The partners predict that emerging technologies will enable driving to become partly automated by 2015, highly automated by 2020 and fully autonomous by 2025.
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