An autonomous driving concept is said to be introduced by BMW in 2016, as part of the company’s centenary celebrations.
The announcement is not official, but Autocar quotes the automaker’s head of Sales and Marketing, Ian Robertson, who hinted at such a model during a briefing in London where he talked about the future: “There will be some products we will share. But while we will celebrate a century of being in business, we will predominantly be looking at the century ahead. Maybe what I’ve been alluding to will be the direction of that.”
The BMW official discussed about the one of the biggest problems of fully autonomous cars, called the “moral dilemma“, which refers to the vehicle’s reaction in a critical situation that could make a difference between life or death.
“In a situation where a truck is going to hit your car, what does the autonomous car decide to do: save you by swerving out of the way, swerve into the path of another vehicle and possibly kill someone, or hit a pedestrian, or does it simply decide that, yes, the truck is going to hit you? We’re not ready for that.”
BMW’s autonomous driving system is rumored to be production-ready, but it remains to be seen whether it will make its way on a concept car around March 7, 2016, when the automaker will blow 100 candles. However, let’s not forget that March is also the same month when the 86th edition of the Geneva Motor Show will open its gates.
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