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</p><p></p><p>&nbsp; Recently at a press conference in Munich, <u><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://carhunt.in/Brand/BMW">BMW</a></u>, along with its project partners Intel and Mobileye, announced that it plans to have a fully autonomous vehicle on roads by as early as 2021. Harald Kruger, BMW chief executive, said at a news conference in Munich, "Today we are standing at the brink of a new revolution." Further Mr. Kruger added that "The Tesla crash was really very sad and said BMW would need the next few years to perfect its autonomous driving system. Today the technologies are not ready for serious production."</p><p>&nbsp; For this project, Intel will supply the processing power and most of the computing hardware, Mobileye cope up with image processing and machine learning, and BMW designing the vehicle architecture. The three partners will work together on an open hardware and software platform, which will be shared with other automakers, as well as companies in other industries that might benefit from autonomous machines. BMW has been developing autonomous technology for a decade now. Despite the news of death of a Tesla driver while using the company's Autopilot system, BMW strongly emphasized that its technology will be fully ready for the roads in the next half a decade. The group is using a mixture of real-world and digital simulations to test their products. Interestingly, Tesla also uses a version of Mobileye's current driver-assistance technology in their cars.</p><p>&nbsp; The partners will engineer the platform to firstly deal with level three, or eyes off the road, automation. From there they will tackle level four or "mind off" self-driving before going on to level five or driver-free automation. BMW dreams high and big with hopes to have vehicles that don't require anyone to be in the vehicle to drive, allowing for drop-off, pick-up, and self-parking capabilities. The BMW spokesperson said, the iNext "establishes the opportunity for self-driving fleets and lays the foundation for entirely new business models in a connected, mobile world." The iNext will have an electric drivetrain, lightweight design, and a new interior concept, which might be something showcased in the Rolls Royce Vision Next 100.</p><p>&nbsp; The recent development suggests almost complete shift towards EVs and autonomous vehicles. VW recently announced a plan to bring 30 electric cars to market in the next 10 years. It's not yet clear what sort of vehicle BMW will launch, but it did have a bit finely changed i8 on display at the conference.</p><p></p>