Self-driving Cars Are Now on the Streets of Hamburg
Posted on Apr 30, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Self-driving Cars Are Now on the Streets of Hamburg
Five electric Volkswagen cars fitted with the latest in autonomous technology are now driving on a section of Hamburg’s streets.
The carmaker announced Wednesday that its first tests of vehicles with Level 4 automation in a major German city are underway.
The e-Golf cars Volkswagen is testing are designed to handle complex urban traffic patterns without help from drivers, although they must be ready to intervene. Level 5 automation, the only higher category, requires the vehicle to perform all tasks, turning every rider into a passenger.
The cars are driving three kilometers (1.9 miles) of urban Hamburg roads where new signals and other traffic management systems have been installed to facilitate autonomous driving.
