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BMW is at the Level 2 stage of autonomous driving with the company offering driver assistance systems as preliminary stage of automated driving. At Level 2 the driver is responsible for the task of driving at all times (hands-on detection).
Level 3 (starting from 2021 with BMW iNext) will make it possible for driver and vehicle to share the responsibility for controlling the vehicle, primarily in slow-moving traffic. Sensors and laser scanners relay data, which is then amalgamated to produce a 360° environment model of the vehicle's surroundings. Using this data the driving strategy software...