HomeROAD ROAD Toyota is not alone in the slow lane to self-driving cars By SAFE_TRAVEL_mag October 28, 2019 0 98 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 Dunlop Strengthens Global Position with Strategic Acquisition Uncategorized Is the End of Transnet’s Rail Monopoly the Start of Positive Change? MOTORING South Africa Rings in 2025 with Fuel Price Increases 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 Dunlop Strengthens Global Position with Strategic Acquisition Uncategorized Is the End of Transnet’s Rail Monopoly the Start of Positive Change? MOTORING South Africa Rings in 2025 with Fuel Price Increases MOTORING Unitrans Advocates Road Safety and Driver Wellness During Festive Season Traffic Surge AVIATION FlySafair offers travel tips to help you travel smoothly this holiday season 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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