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What's not mentioned in all the othe english based articles is that Honda's system only works on highways at speeds below 50km/h. It's a system specifically des
by SenHeng 6y ago
What's not mentioned in all the othe english based articles is that Honda's system only works on highways at speeds below 50km/h. It's a system specifically designed for dealing with traffic jams on highways, and is not comparable to, say, Tesla's autopilot.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Honda-launches-world-s-first-level-3-self-driving-car https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Honda-launches-...
> It can free drivers from driving in congested traffic on an expressway when travelling slower than 50 kilometers per hour.
> The system automatically accelerates, brakes and steers while monitoring the vehicle's surroundings, using data from high-definition mapping and external sensors.
- glaucon 6y agoWhat's weird is that the accompanying video (embedded in the same page and another one here https://youtu.be/PGLBiORNgOE?t=53 https://youtu.be/PGLBiORNgOE?t=53) clearly shows aspects of the system being used at speeds well over 50km/h.
- ckastner 6y agoThat significantly reduces the risk of fatalities. Even a head-on collision (as we've seen with Teslas) with a concrete pylon should be survivable at those speeds.