SHANGHAI/BEIJING (TheHQNews) – Tesla Inc. the California-based U.S. automaker which currently builds cars with an Autopilot driver-assistance system through its Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday claimed it is “very close” to achieving level 5 autonomous driving technology | the capability to navigate roads without any driver input|.
“I’m extremely confident that level 5 or essentially complete autonomy will happen and I think will happen very quickly,” Musk said in remarks made via a video message at the opening of Shanghai’s annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).
“I remain confident that we will have the basic functionality for level 5 autonomy complete this year.”
Other renowned automakers and tech companies including Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) Waymo and Uber Technologies (UBER.N) are also investing billions of dollars in the autonomous driving industry.