Ford declares that automatic driving car without steering wheel and pedal will be completed by 2021

Automotive manufacturer Ford announces that it will complete "fully automatic driving car" which does not require steering wheel, pedal and even driver, within 5 years and will operate on public road for ride sharing service such as Uber did.

Ford Targets Fully Autonomous Vehicle for Ride Sharing in 2021; Invests in New Tech Companies, Doubles Silicon Valley Team | Ford Media Center
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Development of automated driving cars that autonomously operate without manipulation by man is being promoted among IT companies and automobile manufacturers. While automakers' automated driving cars are predominantly equipped with automatic driving technologies in traditional vehicles, like Tesla's "autopilot" function, Ford employs a different approach and uses handles like Google And to develop a fully autonomous running type automatic driving car without a pedal.


The automatic driving car that Ford is aiming for is in compliance with "level 4" of automatic operation system defined by SAE International, and it is expected that completion by 2021 will be completed. However, as a commercial driver, not as a private car, it is planned to form partnerships with online dispatch service and ride sharing (shareholding) service.

Ford's Mark Fields CEO said, "In the next decade Ford's assembly line will change drastically with the development of automatic driving cars.Soving an automated driving car on public roads is a matter of safety for millions of people We believe that we can solve environmental problems by raising the level of environmental problems. "


In the following movie, you can see how a car that Ford is seen as an automatic driving car under development is running.

Ford Targets Fully Autonomous Vehicle for Ride Sharing in 2021 - YouTube


In the movie, on the roofRider systemAttachedFord FusionWe are doing automatic operation.