Klaus Froehlich, head of the BMW development unit, said it is not likely that the autonomous cars are still available during this decade, writes this Wednesday, March 16, the Financial Times.
“we think at the moment the technical and social challenges involved are too great,” said the head of the German mark at a press conference in Munich, Germany. “And still have to be made adjustments to the legal implications for customers and manufacturers,” he added.
Froehlich said that this decade autonomous cars will only be available for limited testing.
the Financial Times writes that BMW has been developing technology for autonomous cars since 2006. in 2011, a brand test vehicle managed to make the route between Munich and Nuremberg (about 170 kilometers) without driver intervention.
also Wednesday, Harald Krueger, CEO of BMW, revealed that the brand would increasingly bet on the electric car market and accelerate the introduction of autonomous features in their vehicles, writes Bloomberg.
These innovations will include the introduction of more utility sports vehicle market (SUV) as the X7, and more online versions 7-Series.
“We have to be able to take our business to perfection as we continue to grow for the necessary investment, “said Harald Krueger.
smart cars are the major project of the automotive industry but also the technology for 2016. in addition to BMW, GM also, Ford, Tesla, Google and Apple to put speed vehicles without drivers on the roads and to US administration announced the injection of 4 billion dollars (3.66 billion euros) in the industry to accelerate the testing.
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