Two PSA Group Autonomous Cars Drive from Paris to Amsterdam in "eyes off" Mode
14 April 2016 - 4:25PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
PSA Group (Paris:UG):
On 12 April 2016, two Citroën C4 Picasso cars drove more than
300 kilometres in autonomous mode to attend a major European
event in Amsterdam that brought together about a dozen car
manufacturers as well as transport ministers from the European
Union, of which the Netherlands currently holds the Council
presidency.
The two PSA Group cars left Vélizy, France in "eyes off" mode,
i.e., without driver supervision, and covered several hundred
kilometres between Paris and Amsterdam on authorised stretches of
road. "Eyes off" mode corresponds to the third level of autonomous
driving*, which means the driver need not take any action aside
from simply verifying that systems are functioning properly. Two
bloggers and a journalist were invited to test drive the cars on a
stage of the journey in France.
This latest PSA Group initiative coincided with "The
Experience", a European event held on 14 April 2016 as part of an
informal summit of EU transport ministers in Amsterdam. In the
lead-up to the summit, the European Council issued a statement
urging manufacturers and governments to work together in order to
step up research and development in the area of autonomous driving,
bring about regulatory reform and introduce more advanced
infrastructure.
The PSA Group took advantage of "The Experience", which was
organised by the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the
Environment and the City of Amsterdam, to present its two "eyes
off" level 3 autonomous demonstrators. The EU transport ministers
were given the opportunity to climb aboard autonomous vehicles from
the different manufacturers and test drive them for a distance of
several kilometres in real traffic conditions.
In July 2015, the PSA Group became the first carmaker to obtain
the necessary approvals to test its self-driving cars on the open
road in France. Four Citroën C4 Picasso prototypes have so far
travelled more than 20,000 km in autonomous mode, from Paris to
Bordeaux and from Paris to Vigo in Spain. As from 2018, the PSA
Group will offer driver-monitored automated driving features and,
as from 2020, will introduce completely autonomous driving features
enabling the driver to give the car full control.
*There are five levels to which autonomous vehicles can be
automated: "hands on", "hands off", "eyes off", "mind off", and
"driverless".
To learn more, read the press kit at
http://bit.ly/TheExperiencePSAen
About PSA GroupWith its three world-renowned brands,
Peugeot, Citroën and DS, the PSA Group sold 3 million vehicles
worldwide in 2015. Second largest carmaker in Europe, the PSA Group
recorded sales and revenue of €54 billion in 2015. The Group
confirms its position of European leader in terms of CO2 emissions,
with an average of 104.4 grams of CO2/km in 2015 and is currently
the leader in connected vehicles, with a fleet of 1.8 million
connected vehicles on the road worldwide. It is also involved in
financing activities (Banque PSA Finance) and automotive equipment
(Faurecia).For more information, please visit groupe-psa.com/en
Communications Division - www.groupe-psa.com/en
- +33 1 40 66 42 00 - @GroupePSA
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