General Motors Is Developing an L3 Autonomous Driving System
TapTechNews October 6th news, on the 4th local time, according to TechCrunch reports, Dave Richardson, senior vice president of software and services engineering at General Motors, said in an interview that the company is developing an L3-level autonomous driving system that allows drivers no longer need to keep their eyes on the road.
Currently, the level of autonomous driving (assisted / intelligent driving) used by most automakers is L2, which means only partial automation can be achieved, and drivers still need to pay attention to the road conditions at all times. The above executive said, General Motors' SuperCruise is an industry-leading L2-level hands-off driving system, but we are stepping up efforts to upgrade it to L3-level so that you don't have to keep looking at the road.
TapTechNews note: General Motors' existing SuperCruise relies on the cooperation of lidar map data, precise GPS, cameras and radar sensors, and is also equipped with a driver attention monitoring system to ensure that the driver looks ahead and observes the road conditions while driving. Once activated, SuperCruise can automatically accelerate or decelerate to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front, turn to maintain the lane position, and automatically change lanes to overtake slow vehicles.
This executive did not disclose the official launch time of the new version of the autonomous driving system nor the specific development progress. When we achieve L3-level autonomous driving, it will reach an important milestone and will change the industry landscape. However, the key lies in when it reaches full maturity. Premature launch may cause users to lose trust.
He said, If the system makes you uneasy and always exits the autonomous driving mode suddenly, it's like taking a 15-year-old who just learned to drive on the road - you simply can't relax completely.
General Motors' recent recruitments indicate that they are stepping up efforts to advance this goal.
In December last year, General Motors hired Anantha Kancherla as the vice president of advanced driver assistance systems. One of his tasks is to promote the next stage of technological innovation based on the SuperCruise system. This includes extending the function of monitoring the driver's attention beyond SuperCruise to prevent drivers from being distracted while driving when the system is not activated. This function was launched as a driver attention assistance system a few months ago.
Kancherla has previously worked at technology companies such as Meta, Microsoft, and Dropbox in Silicon Valley, but his experience as the software vice president in the Lyft autonomous driving department may be most helpful to General Motors. In addition, both Kancherla and Richardson are among the software technical talents that General Motors poached from Silicon Valley. Richardson joined General Motors last year and had previously worked at Apple for 11 years.