— dpaThe Mercedes-Benz is trailing behind a Kia saloon at motorway speed, the distance between the two cars is correct and the atmosphere is relaxed.
An alarm inside the Mercedes starts beeping and shortly afterwards the car automatically applies the brakes – without the driver having even touched the brake pedal. For future tests, a 15-hectare smart city zone will be added to recreate urban scenarios. “Such tests cannot be safely and realistically carried out on public roads; for that we need a closed route,” said Robert Matawa, Head of Testing for Highly Automated Driving at the Tüv Süd testing organisation.
The head of the technology department at Tüv Süd develops test methods for semi-autonomous Level 3 and Level 4 systems with a team. These include assistance systems that enable cars to drive in fully autonomous mode.