They are driver assist features.
Driver assist features are powered by HERE maps, and data from on-board sensors.
Projects the group will focus on include in-car connectivity, as mentioned, as well as advanced driver assist features.
Its L2+ is a bit more complex and features driver assist features that utilize Mobileye's road mapping data and adaptive cruise control.
It has ProPILOT Assist, too, and is the first Nissan in the U.S. to offer the advanced driving assist features, which include maintaining speed, lane-keeping and even full breaking in highway driving.
Subaru already offers advanced driver assist features via its 'EyeSight' branded options, with plans to introduce new features including traffic jam autonomous navigation and steering, which is designed to work in traffic with speeds of up to 40 mph.
When Honda announced that its latest Civic sedan would have a full suite of state-of-the-art driver assist features for $20,000, The Wall Street Journal called it a self-driving vehicle.
The new research facility will be an extension of BlackBerry's existing QNX operations in Ottawa, and will also focus on advanced driver assist features like automatic emergency breaking and intelligent cruise as well as development of full autonomy.
In fact, companies like Google currently seem to be the only ones officially promoting a fully automated vehicle that does not have pedals and a steering wheel anymore [74], while OEM focus more on automated assisting features that eventually, but only in the long-term lead to fully automated vehicles [56].
Waymo classifies anything from Levels 1 through 3 as technically "driver assist" features, according to Krafcik, and this is an "important divide" which Waymo has observed first hand, concluding early on that it's not an area they're interested in pursuing.
Currently, cruise assist features require that a driver have their hands on the wheel at all times, but this new semi-autonomous mode would instead include facial recognition software that can recognize when a driver isn't paying attention, or, worse yet, when they're falling asleep while the system is engaged.
