Jerusalem-based technology firm Mobileye and UK-based auto-equipment maker Delphi say they were teaming up to develop an autonomous driving system which will be ready for vehicle-makers in 2019.
A joint statement by the two companies said that Mobileye’s vision and sensor systems would combine with Delphi’s automated driving software to create what it called “the market’s first turnkey Level 4/5 automated driving solution.”
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro rides MobilEye’s self-driving car (YouTube screen capture)
The US-based Society of Automotive Engineers defines level 4 as “High Automation” in all but the most adverse driving conditions and level 5 as “Full Automation” “under all roadway and environmental conditions that can be managed by a human driver.”
Last month, German car maker BMW announced that it was joining forces with Mobileye and US computer chip giant Intel on a self-drive project, also for “highly and fully automated driving” to be commercially available by 2021.
Mobileye describes itself as the “global leader in the development of computer vision and machine learning, data analysis, localization and mapping for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous driving.”
— AFP
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