<h3>Zoox's Autonomous Robotaxi</h3>&nbsp;Measuring just 3.63 meters long, this vehicle has one of the tiniest profiles in the auto world. Its unique seating arrangement features four facing seats with no steering wheel in sight, all protected by a cutting-edge airbag system and five-star crash safety. The vehicle uses a combination of cameras, radar, and LIDAR to achieve a full 270-degree view of the road ahead.<figure class="image"><img></figure>Credit: Zoox, Inc<h3>Transforming the Way We Travel&nbsp;</h3>Zoox CEO, Aicha Evans, is passionate about revolutionizing the rider experience with a cleaner and safer mode of transportation. The vehicle can operate for up to 16 hours on a single charge, making it the perfect fit for city life.<h3>Safety First&nbsp;</h3>At Zoox, safety is at the forefront of everything they do. With over 100 safety innovations and a solid track record of passing key FMVSS crash tests, they're continuously exploring new ways to keep passengers protected.<h3>Bringing the Future Closer&nbsp;</h3>The autonomous robotaxi is currently being tested in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Foster City. As an independent subsidiary of Amazon, Zoox aims to launch its ride-hailing service soon. But that's just the start - the company envisions a comprehensive autonomous mobility platform that includes charging and maintenance, fleet management, software and hardware, and more.Zoox is changing the game in personal transportation, making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable. With bidirectional driving, four-wheel steering, and a plethora of safety features, the company's autonomous robotaxi is set to transform urban travel.Source: <a href="https://zoox.com/wp-content/uploads/zoox-press-release-vehicle-reveal-12.14.2020.pdf">https://zoox.com/wp-content/uploads/zoox-press-release-vehicle-reveal-12.14.2020.pdf</a>For more information, visit <a href="https://zoox.com">https://zoox.com</a>

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The automotive industry will benefit immensely from industry 4.0 and IoT development. As India prepares for the rollout of 5G services, the automotive sector is expected to see exponential growth in data. Today, the automotive industry uses cellular networks for features such as satellite navigation, infotainment and emergency services. However, with the rollout of the 5G network, more revolutionary features will be added to the automotive sector.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to Gartner research, the 2023 automotive sector will be a significant market for 5G IoT solutions, taking up around 53% of the 5G IoT marketing endpoint. With these developments, the automotive industry is looking to benefit from the rollout of the 5G Network in India.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>What is Cellular V2X (C-V2X) Technology?&nbsp;</h2>&nbsp;Cellular Vehicle-to-everything or C-V2X is a technology that offers low-latency vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connections, Vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) and vehicle-to-roadside infrastructure (V2I) communication. It is a unified connectivity platform that uses two complementary transmission modes.&nbsp;&nbsp;The first transmission mode provides direct communication between vehicles and the vehicles with nearby infrastructure and other road users such as cyclists and pedestrians. This mode works independently of cellular networks. In the second mode, CV2X uses regular mobile network communications to get access to information about road conditions and traffic around the vehicle.&nbsp;This technology can change the way vehicles are driven and give rise to a cooperative driving environment with connectivity between cars and the infrastructure. Further, it gives access to information that can help in reducing accidents prone to lane changing and collisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>How Will 5G Benefit the Automotive Industry?&nbsp;</h2>&nbsp;The next generation of mobile communications networks will make it possible for new business concepts that today's consumers can only imagine, such as self-driving cars, smart cities, and intelligent factories.&nbsp;5G networks are 100 times faster than the 4G network. Adding to it, the low latency and high reliability of 5G networks can change the way the automotive sector functions. The higher bandwidth thus offered by 5G will benefit in faster data-sharing between cars and enable exchanging of high volumes of 3D and sensory data. This will improve situational awareness and bring about self-thinking, automated cars.&nbsp;&nbsp;This introduction of 5G will not only change how cars are driven but also revolutionize how cars are produced. Connectivity that is almost real-time, secure and instinctive will increase productivity by networking all production systems and machines more seamlessly. Thus, with the 5G network, the car industry will be among the first to benefit from both features in production. Manufacturing-as-a-service and digital twin will advance thanks to the 5G network and potentially become standard practice.&nbsp;With the help of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things, advanced CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified) technologies will be fully utilized (IoT). Self-driving cars rely heavily on data and employ hundreds of sensors to make them faster and smarter.&nbsp;&nbsp;With the 5G rollout, the automobile sector is going through a significant digital change. Voice-activated, AI-driven vehicle cockpits and 5G networks will direct e-commerce, services, and sales activities. More connected, autonomous, shared, and electric vehicles will be available by 2030. (CASE).&nbsp;&nbsp;According to ongoing investments in the automobile industry and elsewhere, the dominant CASE megatrends are here to stay. It involves pursuing on-demand, personalized, integrated, automated, and environmentally responsible travel. Businesses can enter a completely new world thanks to 5G, but for it to fully realize its promise, a number of other technologies must work together.&nbsp;<h2>Promises and Pitfalls&nbsp;</h2>&nbsp;To fully exploit the potential of 5G, however, automobiles must make sure that they are speaking the same language, are not interrupted, and can trust what one another is saying. It is not enough for cars to talk to one another and their environment for a successful rollout of 5G in the automotive industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;Further, for the services that the introduction of 5G can offer, it is important that an automaker be confident that the feature it rolls out to customers works 100 percent of the time, regardless of network or location. It is imperative that cars with V2X and 5G-enabled features can remain intact even as they travel across different networks and edge infrastructure between regions. This is particularly true if it is used to deliver information about traffic hazards, such as accidents and road construction, both for drivers and pedestrians.&nbsp;<h2>Conclusion&nbsp;</h2>&nbsp;Thus, introducing 5G in the automotive industry will revolutionize how cars are driven and produced. The developments that come with C-V2X technologies will open up new and seamless possibilities in cars to provide safer travel, reduce accidents and tackle traffic congestion.&nbsp;&nbsp;A smooth rollout of 5G and accompanying technologies can play a big role in shaping the automotive industry for the future. With the measures taken by manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz to test 5G capabilities, the industry is bound to grow and benefit from the introduction of 5G technology.&nbsp;

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The Automotive Industry Can Benefit from the Rollout of the 5G Network

When we talk about self-driving vehicles, Tesla is the first name that comes to mind. Although other automakers like Cadillac and Toyota have also unveiled self-driving models. Tesla as we know is an Electric Vehicle. Self-driving vehicles have not achieved the level of finesse and capabilities that are expected of them to go mainstream in every corner of the world. But, electric vehicles sure are catching on quickly. AEye?s LiDAR technology may soon be the gold standard for autonomous EV vehicles. But before making sense of this, automakers need to understand what LiDAR technology is and who are AEye? <h3 id="first-up-what%E2%80%99s-an-av">First up, what?s an AV?</h3>Autonomous vehicles will soon become the new normal. Also known as self-driving cars, they do not require a driver or human input. On the other hand, they use sensors and computers that work together to see ahead to emulate a human driver on the road. <h3 id="basic-av-technology">Basic AV technology</h3>A technological combination of a ?radar? with a ?sonar? is commonly used in autonomous vehicles. This tech combination is mostly the basis of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in vehicles. <h3 id="purpose-of-a-radarsonar-technology">Purpose of a radar+sonar technology </h3><blockquote>It warns the driver about looming threats on the road that the driver may not be aware of.</blockquote><blockquote>It stops the vehicle just in time when a collision is about to occur. </blockquote><h3 id="introducing-lidar-technology">Introducing LiDAR technology</h3>LiDAR is a next-gen system that?s an advanced replacement to the radar+sonar combination. It grants autonomous vehicles the ability to ?see? the roads and the surrounding just like a human would be able to. LiDAR, abbreviated into ?light detection and ranging? is a technology that makes use of ?pulsed lasers? to map a 3D model of the surrounding environment. <h3 id="how-lidar-tech-works">How LiDAR tech works</h3>While the sonar technology uses sound waves and the radar technology uses microwaves, LiDAR uses light to quickly and accurately create a map of the surrounding environment where the autonomous vehicle will run. LiDAR technology can be thought of as the ?eyes? for an autonomous vehicle. It essentially creates a quick image of the area around the vehicle, encompassing the roads, street signs and signals, oncoming traffic, sudden obstacles along the path, pedestrians, and stray animals. LiDAR tech sends out laser pulses from the vehicle which in turn reflect off of an object and send the signal back to the system. The LiDAR system gets to work, calculating the distance between the AV and the object. It makes the calculation by considering the time elapsed between pulse emitted and beam received by the system. Now imagine this activity occurring in quick succession, with millions of pulses emitted and beams received. We now get full-fledged ?eyes? to the vehicle, the images from which are processed by algorithms to identify and navigate through various objects that the vehicle will encounter. <h3 id="use-cases-for-lidar-in-vehicles">Use cases for LiDAR in vehicles </h3>? LiDAR can monitor blind spots to detect vehicles before and during a lane change.? It is used in adaptive cruise control to maintain a consistent distance between vehicles behind and in front of your car.? It works in automatic emergency braking systems to stop the vehicle before the collision.? With accurate environment mapping and fast processing, LiDAR is a better option compared to radar/sonar systems.? It has 360-degree capabilities which provide high-quality and more accurate safety alerts to the driver. <h3 id="how-high-performance-lidar-enables-safe-autonomous-vehicles">How high performance LiDAR enables safe autonomous vehicles</h3>High performance LiDAR which are also long-range LiDAR systems obtain resolution at range required for Level 3 and higher, safe autonomous vehicles. Level 3 plus autonomy for vehicles is required for highway and urban use cases. By enabling faster, more accurate, reliable sensing, and path planning, high performance LiDAR can enable safety in autonomous vehicles. <h3 id="who-are-aeye">Who are AEye?</h3>AEye is a California-based automotive company known for their patented IDAR (Intelligent Detection and Ranging) platform and LiDAR technology. Although a small firm, they are working towards building hardware for driverless, autonomous, self-driven vehicles with the ability to perceive our world as close as possible to how a human driver would. <h3 id="how-aeye%E2%80%99s-lidar-could-be-the-new-gold-standard">How AEye?s LiDAR could be the new gold standard</h3>AEye?s LiDAR is speculated to be the new gold standard for autonomous EVs after an impressive demonstration recently at a test facility in Michigan. During the test, the level of sophistication of the system came to light. AEye?s LiDar system aced the test when obstacles and urban scenarios were simulated while entering a tunnel. <h3 id="what-sets-aeye-apart-in-the-lidar-world">What sets AEye apart in the LiDAR world?</h3>AEye?s LiDAR is different in the LiDAR world due to several reasons:? Choice of laser: AEye uses a 1550-nm laser when compared to the 905 nm laser which is preferred in the LiDAR world owing to its cheaper cost.? Eye safety: Lasers used by AEye?s LiDAR are safe for the eyes and do not cause retinal damage compared to the cheaper 905 mm lasers.? Obstacle detection distance is not compromised: Since AEye?s lasers are safe, their power is not compromised due to regulations. As such, the pulses emitted by them can travel farther distances than the cheaper, short-wave alternatives to detect obstacles.? Dual module system: Their LiDAR has separated the modules that send and receive the laser pulses. This improves the time taken to send and receive the pulses. The two-module system can send more pulses in a shorter time frame when compared to an integrated module.? More data: AEys?s LiDAR generates more data when compared to LiDAR from other companies.? In the case of AEye?s LiDAR, every returning laser pulse is followed by several repeat pulses sent to obtain a clear picture of an object in front of the vehicle.? Mimics human visual cortex: AEys?s LiDAR mimics the human visual cortex by conceptually focusing on and evaluating the environment.? It picks up everything: It doesn?t miss a thing including driving conditions, road hazards, and full field-of-view coverage.? Gleaning important data: It collects and analyzes only the data that matters resulting in the development of intelligent information using minimal data. <h3 id="how-aeye%E2%80%99s-lidar-will-make-autonomous-evs-mainstream">How AEye?s LiDAR will make autonomous EVs mainstream?</h3>AEye LiDAR will push existing technology for autonomous EVs well into the future within a shorter time frame. This is due to recent new developments and their latest successful tests which have pitted them in the same league against EV and self-drive giants like Tesla. Like its biggest competitors, AEye has passed high performance, aggressive tests for avoiding obstacles. Tremendous data has emerged from the test as well as from their earlier tests which produced similar results in the same conditions. Automakers and companies are swiftly moving through real-world test drives and need to know the importance of technologies like LiDAR for autonomous vehicles. LiDAR forms the league of next-gen sensors and technology that are awaiting adoption by automakers.

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AEye LIDAR Technology For Autonomous Electric Vehicles

T?sla may b? a n?wbi? in th? auto industry, but it quickly b?cam? a big shot on Wall Str??t. Th? ?l?ctric car manufactur?r's stock continu?d to ris? by mor? than 4% in November 2020, and its total mark?t valu? outstrip?d $500 billion for th? first tim?. T?sla's mark?t valu? ros? to mor? than $520 billion on Tu?sday, November 2020.<h2 id="t-sla-s-history-and-growth"> T?sla's History and Growth</h2>T?sla Motors was found?d in 2003 by Am?rican ?ntr?pr?n?urs Martin Eb?rhard - T?sla's Chi?f ?x?cutiv? Offic?r (C?O) and Marc Tarp?nning - Chi?f Financial Offic?r (CFO) and nam?d aft?r th? S?rbian Am?rican inv?ntor Nikola T?sla . It was principally ?stablish?d to d?v?lop ?l?ctric sports cars. Th? company?s funding com?s from multipl? sourc?s, th? most famous b?ing PayPal co-found?r Elon Musk, who has donat?d mor? than $30 million to th? n?w company sinc? 2004 and s?rv?d as th? company?s chairman. <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ms3GKdJjo3tIrd3eUe_DCsmr6_uIo1XtJZaHBTIo0dJT8Jf_UtRfFxoJoyMwZhyyG2DGJRaLxPt1SRK1CxjWmNk_Wh7bVqVrVy5Y-Q3u5n2rBzvHsD_rbOPe1Pm81FLZCB2C2RNC" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure> T?sla Motors r?l?as?d its first car in 2008 nam?d Roadst?r, a pur? ?l?ctric sports car. Wh?n t?sting th? car, a singl? charg? can r?ach 245 mil?s (394 kilom?t?rs), which is an unpr?c?d?nt?d mil?ag? for mass-produc?d ?l?ctric v?hicl?s. Oth?r t?sts hav? shown that its p?rformanc? is comparabl? to many gasolin?-pow?r?d sports cars: Roadst?r can acc?l?rat? from 0 mph to 60 mil?s (96 kilom?t?rs) in l?ss than 4 s?conds, and can r?ach a top sp??d of 125 mil?s (200 kilom?t?rs) p?r hour. At th? ?nd of 2007, Eb?rhard r?sign?d as chi?f ?x?cutiv? offic?r and pr?sid?nt of t?chnology and join?d th? company's advisory board. In 2008, h? announc?d his d?partur? from th? company, although h? was still a shar?hold?r. Tarp?nning, who s?rv?d as th? vic? pr?sid?nt of ?l?ctrical ?ngin??ring and ov?rsaw th? d?v?lopm?nt of Roadst?r's ?l?ctronic and softwar? syst?ms, also l?ft th? company in 2008. Musk tak?s ov?r as C?O. In 2010, T?sla's initial public off?ring rais?d approximat?ly $226 million. In 2012, T?sla stopp?d producing th? Roadst?r to focus on its n?w Mod?l S s?dan, whos? p?rformanc? and d?sign won prais? from car critics. It is ?quipp?d with thr?? diff?r?nt batt?ry options and has an ?stimat?d cruising rang? of 235 or 300 mil?s (379 or 483 kilom?t?rs). Th? batt?ry option with th? high?st p?rformanc? can acc?l?rat? from 0 to 60 mil?s (96 kilom?t?rs) p?r hour in a littl? ov?r 4 s?conds, and has a top sp??d of 130 mil?s p?r hour (209 kilom?t?rs). Unlik? a conv?rtibl? sports car wh?r? th? batt?ry is install?d in th? front of th? car, th? Mod?l S has a floor und?r th? floor. B?caus? of its low c?nt?r of gravity, it provid?s additional storag? spac? in front and improv?s handling. Th? T?sla Autopilot is a form of s?mi-autonomous driving that was launch?d on th? Mod?l S (and lat?r oth?r mod?ls) in 2014. <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6ulc-vS-JzArOwo3YzMe0MkmWOLkaJMuetVOZEONBtR0obMTdz6tQreJgDo2p7__Jz9_HARcMWPuDRp2CT68iGzfrwGUw7A8VBlSk74fb24_T2QYDUMh3bblfOSxDm0BJ9u46M98" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure> At th? b?ginning of 2012, T?sla ?stablish?d gas stations call?d Sup?rcharg?rs in th? Unit?d Stat?s and Europ?, d?sign?d to quickly charg? batt?ri?s without any additional cost to T?sla own?rs. Th? mor? r?c?nt v?rsions of th?s? stations ar? call?d "T?sla stations" with th? ability to compl?t?ly r?plac? th? Mod?l S batt?ry pack.T?sla r?l?as?d Mod?l X in 2015, which is a "crossov?r" v?hicl? (a v?hicl? with th? charact?ristics of a sports v?hicl? but built on a car chassis). Mod?lX has a maximum cruising rang? of 295 mil?s (475 kilom?t?rs) and a maximum of s?v?n s?ats. Du? to th? d?mand for ch?ap?r cars, th? Mod?l 3 is a four-door s?dan with a rang? of 220 mil?s (354 kilom?t?rs) and a pric? of $35,000. Production b?gan in 2017. Th? company is also involv?d in solar products. In 2015, a s?ri?s of batt?ri?s for storing solar pow?r us?d by hom?s and busin?ss?s w?r? launch?d. T?sla acquir?d SolarCity, a solar pan?l company, in 2016. In 2017, th? company chang?d its nam? to T?sla, Inc. to r?fl?ct that it no long?r only s?lls cars. <h3 id="t-sla-s-mark-t-valu-xc-ds-500-billion-for-th-first-tim-">T?sla's mark?t valu? ?xc??ds $500 billion for th? first tim? </h3>T?sla's stock has "?xplod?d". Th? pric? p?r shar? ros? 9.7% to clos? at $524.86. This is a big l?ap from th? low of $178.97 on Jun? 3, 2019, but sinc? th?n Elon Musk's ?l?ctric car company has b??n st?adily r?bounding. Why do?s this happ?n, and why is th? stock pric? today mor? than $500 p?r shar?? Th?s? ar? th? words of ?xp?rts. For start?rs, "blasting" is just a way to show that th? stock pric? has ris?n in a short p?riod of tim?. It is usually us?d to indicat? th? rapid ris? in th? stock pric? of an IPO, but it can also b? us?d for any typ? of stock. Th?r? ar? s?v?ral r?asons why th? ris? has b??n so fast: <ol><li>Optimistic pric? targ?t: Opp?nh?im?r analyst Colin Rusch rais?d T?sla's targ?t pric? from $385 to $612. This is an incr?as? of almost 60%. To prov? this, Rusch wrot? a not? to inv?stors, stating that T?sla?s ?risk tol?ranc?, ability to l?arn from past mistak?s/?rrors, and gr?at?r ambitions than its p??rs b?gan to b? quick?r to thos? unabl? or unwilling Transport compani?s that innovat? locally, pos? an ?xist?ntial thr?at." </li><li>Smart growth: In January last y?ar, T?sla announc?d that it would build a $2 billion factory in Shanghai to produc? a mor? affordabl? Mod?l 3 and provid? Chin?s? p?opl? with th? opportunity to buy Am?rican cars without imposing high tariffs on th?s? Am?rican manufacturing countri?s. Musk announc?d that th? facility will b? compl?t?d b?for? th? summ?r and said that th? plan will produc? 150,000 cars p?r y?ar, which mak?s Musk satisfi?d. Th? company d?liv?r?d 112,000 v?hicl?s worldwid? in 2019. </li><li>Siz? matt?rs: S?v?ral h?adlin?s stat?d that th? soaring shar? pric? has brought T?sla's mark?t valu? to $93 billion, making it mor? than Ford and G?n?ral Motors. Both traditional compani?s ar? trying to comp?t? with T?sla by manufacturing th?ir own ?l?ctric cars. </li></ol>Today, th? valu? of T?sla (TSLA) ?xc??ds th? total mark?t valu? of most major automak?rs in th? world: Toyota (TM), Volkswag?n (VLKAF), G?n?ral Motors (GM), Ford (F), Fiat Chrysl?r (FCAU) and PSA Group (PUGOY). Th? mil?ston? is a gratifying y?ar for T?sla's stock p?rformanc?. Sinc? th? b?ginning of this y?ar, th? company's stock pric? has ris?n 550%-Tu?sday, 24th of Nov?mb?r midday trading at $549, up from $86 in January 2020. T?sla joined th? S&amp;P 500 ind?x b?for? trading on Monday, D?c?mb?r 21. This mov? has push?d up th? stock pric? ?arli?r b?caus? fund manag?rs with funds that track th? S&amp;P 500 will n??d to buy th?ir shar?s as a portfolio. Morgan Stanl?y also rat?d T?sla's stock as "buy" last w??k, which is th? first tim? in many y?ars sinc? th? company rat?d th? stock as "buy." According to th? Bloomb?rg Billionair? Ind?x, th? ind?x tracks th? w?alth of th? world's 500 rich?st p?opl?. By 2020, Musk's n?t ass?ts hav? incr?as?d by mor? than $100 billion, th? larg?st incr?as? in th? ind?x. In January, Musk rank?d 35th on th? list. H? is now th? first.

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Before getting to know the pros and cons of self-driving cars, let?s understand the autopilot technology that makes a car into a self-driving car.Self-driving cars are powered by autopilot technology that involves sensors, radars, cameras, onboard computer with software to control the sensors, radars, and cameras along with a navigation system to navigate to the required destination. These cars need no intervention from human drivers to operate and drive the vehicle safely.Though the autopilot technology is successful, there are no vehicles that are operating on complete autopilot mode. The autopilot cars are partially autonomous as they are still in their nascent state. At present, no cars are fully autonomous. There are different levels of autonomous autopilot cars. They are graded as follows:Level 0: Humans control all major systems in the car.Level 1: Some systems, such as acceleration or automatic brakes, are controlled by the car. Only one function is automatically controlled at a time.Level 2: In this category, the car can control two functions concurrently, like acceleration and steering. But it requires human intervention to control other functions for a safe drive.Level 3: These cars handle all critical functions, but human intervention is necessary when the vehicle raises an alert.Level 4: The car is fully automatic in most scenarios, but it still needs human intervention.Level 5: The car is fully automatic in all situations.Currently, only up to level 3 autopilot cars are available in the market. Level 4 cars will be available in the market in the coming years. It may take several years for level 5 cars to be available in the market due to the legality involved in operating them.<figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide"><img src="https://iaxds62ruoojbg1k4180.cleaver.rocks/images/posts/4ac582320f85a7f7fa862db331a18e2e.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy" width="1200" height="900" srcset="https://techfastly.com/content/images/size/w600/2020/11/selfdrivingcars-1.jpg 600w, https://techfastly.com/content/images/size/w1000/2020/11/selfdrivingcars-1.jpg 1000w, https://iaxds62ruoojbg1k4180.cleaver.rocks/images/posts/4ac582320f85a7f7fa862db331a18e2e.jpg 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px"></figure><h3 id="how-do-autopilot-cars-work">How do autopilot cars work?</h3>Having understood the autopilot technology and the automation levels, let?s take a look into autopilot cars? functioning.Autopilot technology creates and maintains an internal map of their surroundings using all the sensors attached externally to the car, the radar, laser beams, high-powered cameras, and sonar. Inputs from these components are processed by the software to plot a path. This information from the software is sent to the car?s actuators that control acceleration, braking, and steering.The software helps to avoid obstacles, identify vehicles, follow traffic rules, and navigate obstacles.Self-driving cars are being tested if they can communicate with other vehicles, infrastructure, and next-generation traffic lights.<h3 id="features-of-semi-autopilot-and-full-autopilot">Features of Semi Autopilot and Full Autopilot</h3>Autopilots are of two types based on the levels mentioned in the introduction. From level 0 to level 4, the autopilots have limited automation that needs human intervention, while level 5 is fully self-driven autopilot.<h3 id="features-of-semi-autopilot">Features of Semi Autopilot</h3><ul><li>Traffic-Aware Cruise Control: This controls the speed of the car based on the traffic on the road</li><li>Autosteer: Helps in driving the car in the marked lane and uses traffic-aware cruise control</li></ul><h3 id="features-of-full-self-driving-capability">Features of Full Self-Driving Capability</h3><ul><li>Navigate on Autopilot (Beta): Guides your car from a highway?s on-ramp to off-ramp, suggests lane changes, navigates interchanges, automatically engages the turn signal, and takes the correct exit.</li><li>Auto Lane Change: Helps to move to the next lane on the highway when Autosteer is engaged.</li><li>Autopark: Assists to park your car parallelly or perpendicularly with a single touch.</li><li>Summon: Helps to move your car in and out of a tight space using the mobile app or key.</li><li>Smart Summon: Helps to navigate your car in more complex environments and parking spaces, steering around objects as required to move your car towards you.</li><li>Traffic and Stop Sign Control (Beta): Helps to detect the stop signs and traffic lights.to slow down your car and eventually to stop it automatically</li><li>Upcoming: Autosteer on city streets.</li></ul><h3 id="advantages-of-autopilot-cars">Advantages of Autopilot Cars</h3><ol><li>The autopilot cars will reduce the number of accidents as they use sensors and software that prove to be foolproof.</li><li>It will help the elderly and differently-abled people to become mobile independently.</li></ol><h3 id="disadvantages-of-autopilot-cars">Disadvantages of Autopilot Cars</h3><ol><li>Cybersecurity is still a chief concern. There are possibilities that the software used may be hacked, and the car would be taken under the hackers? control.</li><li>As more and more autopilot cars are introduced into the market, the number of drivers employed will lose their jobs.</li><li>Public transportation will be negatively impacted as more and more people will start using self-driven cars.</li><li>It will increase pollution. As it is easier to drive, the users will tend to drive more each year.</li></ol><h3 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h3>To conclude, though there are a few advantages to autopilot cars, like an increase in safety features that reduce accidents and eases driving, it has a significant threat of being hacked and taken under hackers? control apart from other disadvantages that can be negated with technology. As always, when technology grows, it creates unemployment in one sector and creates employment in another sector. In this case, if it affects the drivers and public transportation, it will create employment opportunities for others involved directly and indirectly in the manufacturing of autopilot cars. Another major constraint to be overcome is the legal clearance for 100% autopilot cars to ply on the roads as we cannot take the risk in automation, unlike any other industries. Yes, even some warplanes and drones are fully automated. They help during natural disasters, spying, and monitoring to maintain security and vigilance. But in the case of autopilot cars, we cannot take the risk of making it 100% automatic as the scenarios on roads are quite different from those in the sky.

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