BMW test-drive Personal CoPilot Automated Vehicle in Japan
BMW Japan unveiled its SAE L4 test vehicle and publicly offered driving experience
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The test-drive, as showed in the video was offered in the following manner:
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Dispatching via a smartphone and the parked vehicle comes and picks the passenger up
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Unlocking, also via a smartphone and the passenger gets seated in the back and starts the car using a panel installed in the middle of the rear seats
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The vehicle automatically drives in between other vehicles and stops when another vehicle gets in the way
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The passenger gets off, and the vehicle parks by itself
The vehicle is BMW 7 Series-based and equipped with
- Two GPS antennas on the car roof
- Four LiDARs/radars at each vehicle corner
- Five cameras: one on each A-pillar; one on each front fender; one on the rear of the car roof
- As well as the conventional trifocal camera, front camera, and rear camera, or sonars and accelerometers.
Read more about the exhibition from BMW ↗ or original report ↗ of BMW JP.