Nissan demonstrated its ProPilot driver-assist system in an Ariya during a 40-minute automated drive through central Tokyo, including the Ginza 4-Chome Crossing, with Tetsuya Iijima, executive chief engineer of Nissan’s AD/ADAS advanced technology engineering department, not needing to touch the wheel or pedals.
The system updated location and surroundings every 100 milliseconds and navigated heavy pedestrian flows, buses, trucks, motorcycles, construction cones and a multi-stop garbage truck without incidents or sudden braking, maintaining a balance of patience and assertiveness.
ProPilot will offer adjustable driving-aggression settings similar to Tesla Full Self-Driving and is designed to operate in fog, rain or snow, though it deactivates if cameras become covered; robotaxi use would require self-cleaning cameras.
Tetsuya Iijima said he trusts the system, has seldom had to intervene during testing, and expects most people would be confident using ProPilot within about a month based on his testing experience with Nissan.
This summary is based on coverage by MotorTrend.
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