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Written by Tom Harrison
Say hello to Jack. He" is an 82,000km-old pre-facelift Audi A7, equipped with a version of Audi"s Piloted Driving system that lets it blat along the Autobahn quite happily at 80mph with no problems whatsoever. It"s an incredibly odd experience, but before we get into what it"s actually like to, erm, drive", some explaining is required Assist systems on the market today are just that driving assists that still require the driver to pay due care and attention to what"s going on ahead of them, so they can intervene to prevent the car from having an accident. These are level two" systems, according to recognised SAE guidelines.Jack is one step up from that, and shows us a Motorway Pilot"-type system we"ll see on production cars for the first time a few years from now (or much, much sooner than that, if Elon Musk is to be believed). Other systems Audi"s working on, beyond the motorway-only one fitted to Jack, include Parking Garage Pilot (for self-driving and autonomous parking in multi storeys, for example), as well as Intersection Assist, Manoeuvre Assist and Intersection Assistant.
Date written: 31 Oct 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5608
Say hello to Jack. He" is an 82,000km-old pre-facelift Audi A7, equipped with a version of Audi"s Piloted Driving system that lets it blat along the Autobahn quite happily at 80mph with no problems whatsoever. It"s an incredibly odd experience, but before we get into what it"s actually like to, erm, drive", some explaining is required Assist systems on the market today are just that driving assists that still require the driver to pay due care and attention to what"s going on ahead of them, so they can intervene to prevent the car from having an accident. These are level two" systems, according to recognised SAE guidelines.Jack is one step up from that, and shows us a Motorway Pilot"-type system we"ll see on production cars for the first time a few years from now (or much, much sooner than that, if Elon Musk is to be believed). Other systems Audi"s working on, beyond the motorway-only one fitted to Jack, include Parking Garage Pilot (for self-driving and autonomous parking in multi storeys, for example), as well as Intersection Assist, Manoeuvre Assist and Intersection Assistant.
Date written: 31 Oct 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5608
