Driverless vehicles park themselves in rapidly expanding market
China DailyA driverless car developed by Baidu navigates an industrial park in Beijing's Yizhuang area in Feb, 2022. Alert needed Due to rapid developments in the sector, terms such as "autonomous driving", "driverless vehicles" and "driver-assistance functions" are often misused. For marketing reasons, carmakers sometimes describe driver-assisting Level 2 functions as "autonomous", a word that should be reserved for driverless vehicles at Level 4 and above. Tesla, the first to offer ADAS, refers to such systems as Autopilot and Full Self Driving, but the company said, "No Tesla cars are fully autonomous today and they require active driver supervision." Dong Yang, vice-president of leading automotive think tank China EV 100, said carmakers should be more careful with high-level smart driving technologies.