CAR magazine UK explains the levels of autonomy in driverless car technology
If you’re interested in the future of transport, you’ll probably have heard of the autonomous car levels already. Simply put, they’re a set of guidelines determined by theThere are currently five levels in total – we’ll explain why that’s happened in a bit – with Level 1 being the most basic and Level 5 being the most advanced forms of self-driving cars. It covers everything from simple feet-off cruise control to full hands-off everything.
Autonomy is a hot topic right now and the UK government is grappling with how to update legislation to allow for driverless cars on our roads. They’re even planning to mandate that the driver could be watching television while the car takes over. Read more on the It’s pretty straightforward. What is now called Level 1 has been around for many years now, and Level 2 is commonplace too. We’re on the cusp of Level 3 and the next big thing – proper hands-off driving for long periods of time – is called Level 4 and, ultimately Level 5.
To make things easier, we’ve explained every level of driverless tech, as well as who’s in control, what features they include, and when they’ll be on our roads.has created a lexicon of autonomy. Level 1, the most basic type, is where one element of the driving process is taken over in isolation, using data from sensors and cameras, but the driver is very much still in charge.
By the second half of this decade cars will fully drive themselves in geofenced metropolitan areas, as HD mapping, more timely data, car-to-car comms and off-site call centres improve accuracy. ‘You won’t really need the driver in Level 4,’ says Merc’s autonomous guru Christoph von Hugo. ‘The likelihood is you will just be renting the car, rather than owning it. You won’t take this car on vacation to Florida but you’ll take it on an urban journey around New York, say.
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