BMW, Daimler to Offer Self-Driving Cars for Autobahn From 2024
- Carmakers sign long-term autonomous development agreement
- Pact to pool 1,200 experts to tackle robo-taxi development
Inside a Mercedes-Benz S-Class automobile during y autonomous driving and artificial intelligence demonstration.
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BMW AG and Daimler AG will offer cars capable of navigating on highways by themselves starting in 2024, as the luxury-car rivals cooperate to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles.
They plan to sell cars equipped with so-called Level 4 self-driving technology, meaning the vehicles could manage motorway driving and parking without intervention from the driver, who will remain behind the wheel. The firms will pool some 1,200 experts and are holding talks to extend the partnership to develop robo-taxi technology for urban areas, BMW and Daimler said Thursday.