you can watch a movie while driving, the innovation is crazy

Precisely in the period in which the European body known as the European New Car Assessment Program or NCAP made it known that cars equipped with infotainment displays they will no longer be able to get the five stars due to the distraction that this tool brings to drivers, research into a certain type of technology continues. The developments this has led to could soon make this ban on displays obsolete to the point of making even watching a film permitted in the car.

Originally introduced by Tesla thanks to the intuition of Elon Musk and company, the technology known as autopilot has made everyone’s dream come true, namely autonomous driving: in reality, however, having a similar system in the car does not mean having a car that can be driven without the driver having to do anything. In fact, there are various automation systems classified from number 0 to number 5 where the lowest represents a normal car and the highest a vehicle that moves in complete autonomy.

The cars produced by Tesla although many ignore it they are actually still rather “rudimentary” according to this classification system: they are in fact classified as Level 2, i.e. cars in which there is a certain level of automation but which must necessarily be accompanied by the attention of the driver, ready to take the reins of the situation in any circumstance. The race to Level 3 has started and it is not certain that Tesla will reach it first.

Now BMW Beats Tesla: The Car Where You Can Do As You Want

The German house rival of big Italian names BMW has probably reached already this type of technology. Various press agencies report it with the BMW Highway Assistant, a system comparable in some ways to that used by the Austin company which would have reached Level 3: we will see it for the first time on the next 7 Series to hear what the brand itself says via its official website.

According to the information in question, the car sold in Germany would have the BMW Personal Pilot program as an option, which Allows you to completely control the driving yourselfwithout the driver’s intervention, up to a speed of sixty kilometers per hour. The driver can take his eyes off the road and enjoy a film or a book, as long as he is still ready to take the wheel if something goes wrong. In any case, we recommend that you refer to the legislation in force in the country in which you drive before trying it!

However, let’s leave the word to the company itself: “The vehicle is able to drive completely autonomously over longer distances and in certain road situations, such as on the motorway, thanks to highly automated systems. However, it must always be possible for the driver summarize the guide in a few seconds, for example in the presence of roadworks”, this is what you can read on the official website of the house. In short, this time the Bavarian house has really taken a step forward that will be very difficult for its direct competitors to imitate.