HomeROAD ROAD Toyota is not alone in the slow lane to self-driving cars By SAFE_TRAVEL_mag October 28, 2019 0 116 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp When Toyota Motor Corp launches its all-battery Lexus next year, the luxury model will be able to drive autonomously on highways, a big step for the Japanese automaker, which has so far trailed rivals in bringing self-driving cars to market. TagsLexusToyotaToyota Motor Corp Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Previous articleNot good enough: Poor roads, lack of fencing and informal trading flagged at Beitbridge PortNext articleTito Mboweni refuses to scrap e-tolls: ‘You pay for bread, and you’ll pay for roads’ SAFE_TRAVEL_mag Related Articles MOTORING RFA Responds to EMPD Officer Unrest and Calls for Urgent Resolution AVIATION FlySafair Launches New Route Between Lanseria and George MOTORING “Tragedy on the R21: Bus Crash Claims 12 Lives, Leaves 45 Injured” LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Comment: Please enter your comment! Name:* Please enter your name here Email:* You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Website: Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. - Advertisement - Latest Articles MOTORING RFA Responds to EMPD Officer Unrest and Calls for Urgent Resolution AVIATION FlySafair Launches New Route Between Lanseria and George MOTORING “Tragedy on the R21: Bus Crash Claims 12 Lives, Leaves 45 Injured” AVIATION 100 flights are up for grabs in FlySafair’s second School Booster competition RAIL “Minister Creecy Unveils Ambitious Rail and Port Revitalization Strategy” Load more
%20and%20self-driving%20cars,%20paring%20back%20development%20targets%20after%20fatal%20accidents%20in%20Tesla%20Inc%20cars%20have%20shown%20the%20complexity%20of%20the%20technology./ppRight%20now,%20component%20manufacturers%20and%20venture%20companies%20working%20on%20the%20technology%20“are%20revising%20their%20timeline%20for%20AI%20deployment%20significantly”,%20executive%20vice-president%20Shigeki%20Tomoyama%20said%20this%20week./ppWhile%20a%20href='https://safetravel.co.za/tag/toyota/'%20target='_self'%20rel='follow'%20title='Toyota'Toyota/a%20is%20using%20the%20motor%20show%20to%20tout%20its%20push%20to%20become%20a%20“future%20mobility%20company”,%20showcasing%20futuristic,%20AI-based%20driving%20companions%20and%20miniature%20delivery%20robots,%20on%20the%20sidelines,%20Tomoyama%20injected%20a%20dose%20of%20reality%20about%20the%20pace%20of%20developing%20future%20cars./pp“Right%20from%20the%20get-go,%20we%20figured%20it’s%20going%20to%20be%20a%20time-consuming%20endeavour,”%20he%20said.%20“There’s%20no%20particular%20need%20to%20rethink%20the%20time%20frame%20for%20our%20AI%20self-drive%20technology%20investment%20and%20development.”/ppNext%20year,%20a%20href='https://safetravel.co.za/tag/toyota/'%20target='_self'%20rel='follow'%20title='Toyota'Toyota/a%20will%20release%20its%20first%20so-called%20“Level%202″%20autonomous%20car,%20capable%20of%20driving%20itself%20on%20the%20highway,%20“from%20entrance%20to%20exit,%20with%20traffic%20merging%20capability”,%20Tomoyama%20said./ppOther%20automakers%20already%20market%20“Level%202″%20cars,%20but%20a%20growing%20number%20are%20pushing%20out%20their%20schedules%20to%20develop%20future%20autonomous%20technologies,%20citing%20the%20high%20hurdle%20to%20clear%20before%20enabling%20cars%20to%20perform%20more%20driving%20tasks./ppNissan%20Motor%20Co%20has%20also%20abandoned%20an%20earlier%20in-house%20target%20to%20develop%20cars%20which%20can%20drive%20themselves%20on%20city%20streets%20by%202020.%20At%20the%20moment,%20its%20cars%20are%20able%20to%20drive%20on%20highways%20and%20park%20autonomously./ppTo%20develop%20the%20more%20advanced%20“Level%203″%20hands-free%20automated%20driving%20technology,%20Nissan%20will%20need%20at%20least%20until%20the%20late%202020s,%20Tetsuro%20Ueda,%20an%20expert%20at%20Nissan’s%20mobility%20service%20research%20centre,%20said%20this%20month./ppstrongHuge%20complexities:/strong/ppGerman%20automaker%20Volkswagen%20AG%20is%20also%20grappling%20with%20the%20size%20of%20the%20challenge./pp“We%20really%20thought%20at%20the%20beginning%20it%20would%20be%20just%20maybe%20next%20year%20or%20so,”%20said%20Aria%20Etemad,%20a%20project%20manager%20at%20Volkswagen%20Group%20Research.%20“But%20as%20we%20dig%20into%20that%20topic,%20we%20see%20huge%20complexities%20that%20we%20are%20facing.”/ppTesla%20is%20a%20notable%20exception%20to%20the%20cautious%20view.%20CEO%20Elon%20Musk%20told%20investors%20on%20Wednesday%20that%20Tesla%20could%20release%20software%20to%20enable%20“fully%20functional%20full%20self-driving”%20capability%20by%20the%20end%20of%20this%20year./ppHowever,%20Musk%20qualified%20that%20by%20saying%20cars%20would%20still%20need%20to%20be%20“supervised”%20by%20a%20human%20driver.%20By%20the%20end%20of%20next%20year,%20Musk%20said%20Tesla%20hopes%20to%20release%20autonomous%20driving%20software%20“reliable%20enough%20that%20you%20do%20not%20need%20to%20pay%20attention”.%20But%20he%20added,%20“acceptance%20by%20regulatory%20authorities%20will%20vary%20by%20jurisdiction”./ppIt’s%20not%20just%20car%20manufacturers%20that%20are%20tempering%20expectations.%20Singapore,%20a%20pioneer%20for%20practical%20testing%20of%20autonomous%20vehicles,%20has%20struck%20a%20more%20cautious%20tone./pp“We%20are%20not%20in%20a%20rush%20to%20be%20the%20first%20adopter,”%20Khaw%20Boon%20Wan,%20the%20transport%20minister,%20said%20this%20week.%20“I%20look%20forward%20to%20a%20larger-scale%20adoption%20of%20AV%20(autonomous%20vehicle)%20technology%20in%20Singapore,%20but%20I%20think%20this%20will%20not%20be%20in%20the%20near%20future.”/ppThe%20comments%20surprised%20industry%20experts,%20who%20view%20Singapore%20as%20the%20ideal%20test%20bed%20for%20driverless%20vehicles,%20given%20its%20wealth,%20small%20size%20and%20top-notch%20infrastructure.%20The%20city%20state%20has%20even%20created%20a%20test%20zone%20for%20driverless,%20vehicles%20with%20traffic%20lights,%20bus%20stops%20and%20a%20rain%20simulator./pp“If%20Singapore%20is%20saying%20this,%20then%20maybe%20other%20governments%20will%20follow%20suit,”%20said%20Hussein%20Dia,%20professor%20of%20future%20urban%20mobility%20at%20Swinburne%20University%20in%20Melbourne,%20Australia./pp“Whatever%20comes%20out%20of%20Singapore,%20the%20world%20watches%20and%20listens,”%20he%20added,%20referring%20to%20its%20driverless%20expertise./ppstrongMotion%20testing:/strong/ppGeneral%20Motors%20Co’s%20self-driving%20unit,%20Cruise,%20said%20earlier%20this%20year%20it%20was%20delaying%20the%20commercial%20deployment%20of%20cars%20past%20its%20target%20of%202019,%20as%20more%20testing%20of%20the%20vehicles%20was%20required./ppIn%20GM’s%20case,%20unexpected%20technical%20challenges,%20including%20the%20difficulty%20for%20cars%20to%20identify%20whether%20objects%20are%20in%20motion,%20are%20requiring%20the%20company%20to%20take%20more%20time%20and%20caution%20to%20develop%20its%20technology,%20sources%20have%20said./ppThe%20Japanese%20components%20maker%20Denso,%20a%20href='https://safetravel.co.za/tag/toyota/'%20target='_self'%20rel='follow'%20title='Toyota'Toyota/a‘s%20biggest%20supplier,%20believes%20it%20will%20take%20years%20for%20the%20technology%20for%20fully%20self-driving%20cars%20to%20hit%20the%20roads.%20For%20now%20it%20is%20working%20towards%20developing%20cars%20that%20can%20accelerate%20and%20brake%20on%20their%20own%20with%20driver%20monitoring./pp“The%20most%20difficult%20aspect%20of%20developing%20these%20driving%20systems%20is%20to%20anticipate%20unexpected%20movements%20in%20the%20vehicle’s%20surroundings,”%20said%20Hajime%20Kumabe,%20head%20of%20Denso’s%20engineering%20R&D%20centre%20in%20Tokyo./pp 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