While we are still quite some time away from self-driving cars being ubiquitous, several announcements at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) indicate an acceleration in the deployment of ADAS features and associated technologies that are essential in realizing level 5 autonomous driving. Specifically, there was buzz around a new category of ADAS announced by several vendors: level 2+. Level 2+ is slated to provide many of the key lifesaving features that are essential components of level 5 autonomous driving, but at price points that are suitable for mass deployment. Level 2+ is intended to address situations that include driving in stop-and-go traffic on congested highways—taking actions that humans might be unable to perform to avoid accidents.
