The Toyota luxury brand Lexus brings partial automation in the form of the Highway Teammate to its models this year.
Nice 2017 Lexus announced that partial autonomy will be achieved this year. With the Highway Teammate will implement this announcement. You also want a rival system for Teslas autopilot bring to the market and even surpass it.
Because the Highway Teammate, in German: the Autobahn teammate, should Level 3 to reach. You can take your hands off the steering wheel while driving. Nevertheless, the drivers have to keep an eye on the traffic. With the autopilot system from Tesla you have to keep your hands on steering wheel leave. Furthermore, the Highway Teammate can independently change lanes and pass vehicles.
The Buisnessinsider, however, left open when the system came to which market in which vehicle.
Lexus is not the only manufacturer to integrate such driving support. Has recently General Motors announced its system of partial autonomy “Super cruise”To be installed in other models.
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