The German automakers have been working on a sliding scale of automation, with driver-assist systems sort of transitioning into full automation sometime in the

The German automakers have been working on a sliding scale of automation, with driver-assist systems sort of transitioning into full automation sometime in the near future. (There's a nice table on page 166 of the 2014 annual report of the VDA, the German automobile manufacturer's association: http://www.vda.de/en/downloads/1225/?PHPSESSID=fvu1lhmadgb23od7vlbnh0ppp7 http://www.vda.de/en/downloads/1225/?PHPSESSID=fvu1lhmadgb23...) (Note the incredibly good translation job - not just anybody could have managed that.)