Currently, the only automotive company that publicly claims to support Level 3 autonomous driving for its vehicle models is Mercedes-Benz. Although Mercedes Drive Pilot has many limitations, such as a maximum operating speed of 60 km/h and the requirement of high-precision mapping coverage in the operating area, this system also has a high demand for operating weather, and cannot work in most harsh weather conditions. However, this did not prevent Mercedes Drive Pilot from becoming the world’s first automotive enterprise to obtain certification under United Nations Regulation No. UN-R157, through the technical regulations approval of the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA).
Following closely, the second automotive company that will be equipped with Level 3 autonomous driving systems is Genesis, the high-end brand of the Hyundai Group. Hyundai Motor Group announced its future development plan at the HMG developer conference and announced that it will launch Level 3 autonomous driving assistance systems in 2022, which will first be installed on the new G90 sedan of its luxury brand Genesis.
However, it is worth mentioning that although South Korea’s speed limit for Level 3 is 100 km/h, Genesis did not follow this, and the highest speed of the autonomous driving system in the new model is 60 km/h. Like Mercedes, this is also a set of autonomous driving systems with conditional restrictions.
Regarding this, a Hyundai Group executive said: “Because the target customers of the G90 are not only Korean consumers, but also global consumers, we have decided to adhere to international standards and put safety and seamless production in various markets first.”
Currently, we do not know the specific configuration of this Level 3 autonomous driving system, but according to a new G90 accessory diagram exposed by foreign media earlier this year, the G90 is equipped with a LiDAR sensor.
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