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Volkswagen Autonomous Driving – Volkswagen Australia

Autonomous Driving.

Discover the future.

Autonomous driving is no longer a dream, but a very real future. Volkswagen are dedicated to testing the limits of driver mobility in our goal to create universally usable vehicles.

See the table below to learn more about levels of automation. 

Era
 
Past
Present
2017 - 2020
2020 - 2025
2025 - 2030
Level
0
1
2
3
4
5
Automation

NO AUTOMATION

Human driver performs the entire driving task 

DRIVER ASSISTANCE

Automated systems sometimes assist with steering or speed control

PARTIAL AUTOMATION

Automated system can steer and control speed on sustained basis while the human driver monitors the driving environment and perofrms rest of driving task

CONDITIONAL AUTOMATION

Automated system can both actually conduct the driving task and monitor the driving environment with the operational design domain (ODD) but human driver must be ready to take back control when requested

HIGHLY AUTOMATED

Automated system can conduct the driving task and monitor the driving environment, and the human need not take back control, but only within the ODD

FULLY AUTOMATED

Automated sytem performs all driving tasks, under all conditions

Driving Environment
 
Levels 0 - 2
Human driver is responsible for monitoring driving environment 
 
 
Levels 3 - 5
ADS is responsible for monitoring driving environment 
 
ADS
 
 
Levels 0 - 3
Human driver must be ready to resume control if the ADS fails 
 
Levels 4 and 5
ADS continues to control vehicle following an ADS failure or ODD exit 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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