March 4, 2022 – We’re not there yet, but the era of self-driving vehicles is coming into focus this year. Cars with important and differing levels of automation will hit showrooms like never before. Here are some big names and tech to watch in 2022.
Mercedes-Benz is expected to launch the first mass-production Level 3 car in 2022 using its Drive Pilot technology. General Motors is focused on doing the most it can within Level 2 assistance which can give you physical but not mental relief from the driving task. GM’s current Super Cruise tech will evolve into the lidar-equipped Ultra Cruise in 2023.
Ford is evolving its driver assistance tech as BlueCruise that work on 130,000 miles of roads in North America, maintaining set speed, vehicle spacing, lane tracking, stop-and-go operation and posted-speed-limit recognition. Tesla CEO Elon Musk maintains the company will offer something close to Level 4 self driving by the end of this year.
