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Lexus To Source Self Driving Safety Features From Toyota

Lexus will source this self-driving technology from its parent company, Toyota, which is known for its safety-first motto. Toyota aims to introduce the Level 4 self-driving technology in Lexus products, before mass-producing it for the other markets.
Pratik Rakshit
Pratik Rakshit
1 min read
2017-10-30 18:12:45
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Lexus To Source Self Driving Safety Features From Toyota
Key Highlights
  • Lexus will produce cars with Level 4 self-driving technology
  • Lexus will source this self-driving technology from Toyota
  • Lexus aims to introduce this technology in the first half of the 2020s

At the Tokyo Motor Show 2017, Lexus showcased its automated-driving-capable LS+ Concept vehicle along with limited editions of the RC-F and GS-F, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Lexus "F" sports models. With this, Lexus has also announced its plan to start producing Level 4 self-driving technology in all its future vehicles. Lexus will source this self-driving technology from its parent company, Toyota, which is known for its safety-first motto. For this, Toyota will first introduce the Level 4 self-driving technology in Lexus products, before mass-producing it. Lexus aims to introduce this technology in the first half of the 2020s.

lexus ls plus concept

(Lexus showcased its automated-driving-capable LS+ Concept vehicle at Tokyo Motor Show 2017)

Also Read: Lexus Studying Possibility To Set Up Assembly Units In India

In a recent interview to Automotive News, Ken Koibuchi, Executive General Manager, Autonomous Driving, Toyota said that the company has always developed self-driving technology in Japan first and then tries it in other markets. But now, they will develop the technology for all the markets at the same time.

lexus ls plus concept

(Lexus aims to introduce this technology in the first half of the 2020s)

Lexus is pursuing a world in which all people can enjoy safe, smooth and untethered mobility through automated driving technologies. Specifically, it intends to make automated driving from entrance ramp to exit ramp on motor-vehicle-only roadways possible by using its "Highway Teammate" automated driving technologies, which, with an eye toward application in 2020. On motor-vehicle-only roadways, through appropriate recognition, judgment and operation by onboard systems in response to actual traffic conditions, these technologies can enable automated merging, lane changes and diverging, as well as keep a vehicle in its lane and maintain vehicle-to-vehicle distance.

lexus ls plus concept

(The LS+ Concept can communicate with a data center to update its systems' software)

Also Read: Marvel's Black Panther Inspired Lexus LC 500 Revealed

The LS+ Concept can communicate with a data center to update its systems' software, allowing new functions to be added. Meanwhile, AI that learns from big data, including information on roads and surrounding areas, ensures a high level of automated driving. The car, which can learn and grow along with its users, represents a new age for the image of cars to which people can become emotionally attached.

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