Nissan is well on its way to meeting its 2020 deadline of having self-driving cars hit the roadways. Last month, the automaker began its official public testing of its “Piloted Drive 1.0” system on the city streets of its native Japan.
According to a recent press release, Nissan is beginning to enact its two corporate goals: “Zero Emission” and “Zero Fatality.” Zero Emission is the automaker’s goal to abolish C02 gasses from Nissan-made vehicles, while Zero Fatality is their goal to eliminate traffic fatalities involving their cars.
The latter will be done through Nissan’s “Vehicle Intelligence” system that is a form of in-car AI that not only works for autonomous driving, but also other high-tech features like a special Human Machine Interface, cameras, high-speed computer chips and laser scanners.
"We at Nissan are setting clear goals and preparing for the implementation of piloted drive," said senior vice president of Nissan, Takao Asami. "The prototype that we're introducing here today is proof of how close we are towards the realization of this goal. Nissan aspires for a safe and trouble-free motoring future, and we plan on leading the industry in the implementation of piloted drive.”
The entire system is currently in the prototype phase, but as Nissan has said before, we should be getting a glimpse of this impressive new technology within the next five years. Stay tuned to our blog to learn more about Nissan’s new autonomous technology as more information comes out.