By 2020, Nissan wants to create a car that will be able to drive around the city and through the intersection without the intervention of the driver. The Nissan ProPilot system is the first part of this plan, which allows semi automated driving on motorways. The novelty coming to Europe next year with Qashqai.
Nissan ProPilot: highway single-lane pilot, overtaking will not be automatic
Nissan ProPilot components.
Nissan introduced a new generation of the semi-automatic driving system. At first, Nissan ProPilot will be presented in Japan this year, the lucky model is going to be minivan Serena. Next year this technology comes to Europe with Qashqai. The system will provide automatic car driving on the highway within a traffic lane, but only under the permanent supervision of the driver.
The features of the new Nissan ProPilot system.
After the first tragic car accident, in which the US Tesla Motors driver allegedly with the use of automatic driving (investigation is still ongoing) crashed into a trailer and died, Nissan is somewhat more cautious in predicting innovations of this kind.
Nissan ProPilot is easy to understand and easy to use.
The system, called Nissan ProPilot will be able to follow the vehicle on the highway in front of him, it will take into account road markings and adjust the speed when approaching turns. If necessary, the system will be able to completely stop the car. The driver will be allowed to remove hands off the wheel, but only for a short time.
By 2020, Nissan will be able to automatically pass through the intersection
City driving available by 2020.
Otherwise, Nissan wants to be recognized as a leading manufacturer in the field of electrical and self driving cars in the future. Furthermore, they try to present the Nissan brand as a technological innovator. This system is the first part of a planned three-phase introduction of automatic driving technologies that Nissan predicts by 2020.
Three-phase introduction of automatic driving technologies.
At that time, Nissan cars will be already able to automatically drive through the intersection and into urban areas without driver intervention. As said by Japanese engineers, 95 percent of all traffic accidents occur due to human error. Therefore, with the development and implementation of such systems, they will try to avoid this kind of accidents in the future.
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