BMW is ready to roll out a new self-driving system for its 7 Series that will allow drivers to watch movies and send emails from behind the wheel.
The BMW Personal Pilot L3 system will initially be available in Germany on vehicles ordered from December.
It allows the driver to focus on other in-vehicle activities while traveling at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour on highways with separated lanes.
The BMW Personal Pilot L3 system will initially be available in Germany on vehicles ordered from December.
It allows the driver to focus on other in-vehicle activities while traveling at speeds of up to 37 mph on highways with structurally separated lanes.
BMW Personal Pilot L3
Symbols on the display behind the steering wheel indicate whether the BMW Personal Pilot L3 is available. A button on the steering wheel activates and deactivates the function. When using the function, the customer must still be ready to take over driving at any time.
The key difference between Level 2 and Level 3 is that in Level 2 (semi-autonomous driving), the driver remains in control at all times. This is the case with Ford’s BlueCruise system, the first of its kind to be launched in the UK.
The benefits of hands-off driver assistance systems have been questioned by fleets who fear the technology could also pose a risk to road safety.
