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VW Vows to Test Level 5 Autonomous Cars in Four Years
Volkswagen AG tells reporters it intends to begin testing a small fleet of vehicles with level-5 autonomous driving capability as soon as 2021.
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Volkswagen AG tells reporters it intends to begin testing a small fleet of vehicles with level-5 autonomous driving capability as soon as 2021.
CEO Matthias Mueller says the company will “soon” begin using driverless shuttles without steering wheels or control pedals to transport VW employees at its factory in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Level-5 systems can drive themselves under virtually all conditions that a human driver could operate a vehicle. The company showed a concept of such a shuttle, dubbed Sedric (short for self-driving car), at the Geneva auto show in March.
VW says it will apply the technology to a range of test vehicles spanning from longer-distance vehicles to self-driving delivery vans and heavy-duty commercial trucks. The company aims to have fleets of level-5 ride-sharing vehicles operating in as many as five cities worldwide by 2021. The driverless cars will be able to pick up users from any address within the city.
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