The tests of the Volkswagen ID. Autonomous Buzz continue around the Wolfsburg headquarters in Germany. The firm is seriously working on level 4 autonomous driving which, this time, has had a very special guest on board. The maximum president, Herbert Diess, has been able to verify the advances in this high level without human supervision.
all manufacturers pursue level 4 autonomous driving. Although the brands are still trying to perfect the operation of the third step that they intend to implement from 2023 in the countries that their legislation allows it, the truth is that the room is one of the most desired goals today. At Volkswagen they are working to make it a reality in the middle of the decade, with a prototype based on the new ID Buzz.
Those of Volkswagen are not hiding, the roads near Wolfsburg are their main testing area in real driving conditions, but also private circuits of the German giant and associated suppliers where they can carry out other tests, having been spotted in spy photos. But a few days ago the test engineers had a special visit aboard the future electric shuttle. that of the very Herbert Diess. The CEO of the German group He wanted to see first-hand the operation of the autonomous model with which they will be ahead of the most direct competition.
Take a look at the progress of the Volkswagen ID. Autonomous Buzz with Herbert Diess on board
Volkswagen ID. Autonomous Buzz will be a reality in 2025
A movement, and an advanced technology in which Toyota is also immersed, and to which the Germans intend get ahead with a completely electric transport system and without human supervisionwhich will be integrated into the services of Shared mobility sold under the MOIA nameboth in Germany and in the United States. In a few days we will see Diess showing his chest on his personal social networks about the important advances and progress in this matter that they have been achieving in the short testing period.
Despite this, the German president has been able to see first-hand how the Volkswagen ID works. autonomous Buzz, and that you can also see in the video on these lines, in which you can see how he drives completely alone without any driver interaction that only remains attentive to take the controls when the system requires it due to a failure in any of the on-board systems, some developed by the German brand and others, the artificial intelligence by Argo AI.
The technical progress may be very high in terms of operation, but much of the paraphernalia that the prototype of the electric van presents, with 17 radar and LiDAR sensors -including short and long range- and nothing less than 14 cameras with 360º viewthey will disappear practically in their entirety in the production models, integrating themselves into the exterior parts and bumpers, although they will remain in place in the best positions to continue permanently monitoring the road. The great objective to overcome is the difficulty in teaching the system the possible intentions of the movements that people and other vehicles keep close to the road.