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      01-05-2017, 09:32 AM   #1
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40 Autonomous 7 series to be tested in Europe and the US

Article from Autocar here: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/mo...lic-roads-year

Autonomous BMW 7 Series models to test on public roads this year
BMW confirmed in its CES announcement that it will test a fleet of 40 driverless cars in Europe and the US

Around 40 BMW 7 Series test cars will venture onto public roads in Europe and the US later this year to develop driverless systems for future production models.

Announcing its plans at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last night, BMW confirmed its intentions to create fully autonomous systems in partnership with IT company Intel and driverless technology firm Mobileye.

The three companies have been working together since last July in developing a scalable autonomous tech package that can be fitted to different models and offered on the market for use by other car brands. The adaptable system will be fitted to 7 Series models and further developed in real-life traffic scenarios from the second half of 2017.

Klaus Fröhlich, member of BMW's board of management for development, said of the announcement: "Making autonomous driving a reality for our customers is the shared ambition behind our cooperation with Intel and Mobileye. This partnership has all of the skills and talent necessary to overcome the enormous technological challenges ahead and commercialise self-driving vehicles.”

Fröhlich added that BMW was welcoming other companies to join it and its partners in developing the scalable architecture, and cited BMW’s first autonomous model, the iNext, which is due in 2021, as the first model to benefit fully from the project.

Intel’s role in this partnership centres around its high-performance computing technology that enables the vehicle to communicate with a data centre. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to plan routes, assess the local environment and constantly make new decisions.

Mobileye’s technology processes and interprets information collected by a car’s 360deg vision from cameras, radar, and lidar (laser) sensors. It works directly with Intel’s systems to create a car’s Central Computing Platform, where all autonomous driving decisions are made.

Also a test drive of one of the autonomous cars (a G30 5 series) by BMW Blog here: http://www.bmwblog.com/2017/01/05/te...ous-prototype/
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Article from Autocar here: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/mo...lic-roads-year

Autonomous BMW 7 Series models to test on public roads this year
BMW confirmed in its CES announcement that it will test a fleet of 40 driverless cars in Europe and the US

Around 40 BMW 7 Series test cars will venture onto public roads in Europe and the US later this year to develop driverless systems for future production models.

Announcing its plans at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last night, BMW confirmed its intentions to create fully autonomous systems in partnership with IT company Intel and driverless technology firm Mobileye.

The three companies have been working together since last July in developing a scalable autonomous tech package that can be fitted to different models and offered on the market for use by other car brands. The adaptable system will be fitted to 7 Series models and further developed in real-life traffic scenarios from the second half of 2017.

Klaus Fröhlich, member of BMW's board of management for development, said of the announcement: "Making autonomous driving a reality for our customers is the shared ambition behind our cooperation with Intel and Mobileye. This partnership has all of the skills and talent necessary to overcome the enormous technological challenges ahead and commercialise self-driving vehicles.”

Fröhlich added that BMW was welcoming other companies to join it and its partners in developing the scalable architecture, and cited BMW’s first autonomous model, the iNext, which is due in 2021, as the first model to benefit fully from the project.

Intel’s role in this partnership centres around its high-performance computing technology that enables the vehicle to communicate with a data centre. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to plan routes, assess the local environment and constantly make new decisions.

Mobileye’s technology processes and interprets information collected by a car’s 360deg vision from cameras, radar, and lidar (laser) sensors. It works directly with Intel’s systems to create a car’s Central Computing Platform, where all autonomous driving decisions are made.

Also a test drive of one of the autonomous cars (a G30 5 series) by BMW Blog here: http://www.bmwblog.com/2017/01/05/te...ous-prototype/
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If I wanted that, I would buy a Tesla.
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That's cool at least you would be saved from paying for your driver in salary .On this joking jotting aside that's promising
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If I wanted that, I would buy a Tesla.
Iy seems like this is inevitable, but there are gazillions of cars out there being driven by humans, and now autonomous gets inserted into that world. I just don't trust a computer to anticipate a completely irrational move by a human driver. It almost reminds me of a BBC April Fools Day some years ago where they said that Britain was going to switch over to driving on the right, but were going to do it gradually, starting with buses and trucks ("lorries").
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I personally see this as and aid as and when it might "help" an example being in stop start traffic.
I am sure we all love driving here on these forums but real world, we get stuck in traffic and this ability might just make that journey a bit more pleasant. you can drive yourself when the road conditions are more to your liking.

The one thing I would say about all of the automatic aids that are in BMWs is that they can all be overidden manually so you sti?l have control.
examples:-
lights
wipers
transmission
parking( re park assist)
stability / traction control
automatic handbrake.

I sèe a car autopilot in the same way. there if you want it but not forced to use it.
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If I wanted that, I would buy a Tesla.
Iy seems like this is inevitable, but there are gazillions of cars out there being driven by humans, and now autonomous gets inserted into that world. I just don't trust a computer to anticipate a completely irrational move by a human driver. It almost reminds me of a BBC April Fools Day some years ago where they said that Britain was going to switch over to driving on the right, but were going to do it gradually, starting with buses and trucks ("lorries").
Eventually the entire world will be autonomous driving, glad I won't live to see that. I enjoy driving (obviously not in traffic) so I wouldn't want that right taken away from me. But future generations they wouldn't care since they won't miss something they never need to learn how.
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