Honda plans mostly self-driving car, follows Waymo, others

DETROIT – Honda said Thursday that it will have highly automated personal cars on the road by 2025.

The automaker said its system will use computers and cameras, radar and laser sensors to handle almost all driving situations except bad weather or some unusual occurrences. Then a human driver would have to take control.

The company also repeated its pledge to have highly automated freeway driving by 2020.

Honda joins a growing list of companies making promises about self-driving vehicles.

Company	Plan	Year
nuTonomy, software start-up	Self-driving taxis in Singapore	2018
Waymo, unit of Google parent Alphabet	Largely self-driving vehicle; partnership with Fiat Chrysler	2019
Ford Motor Co.	Autonomous shuttle or shared vehicles, no human backup	2021
BMW/Intel/Others	Fully automated vehicles in production	2021
Volkswagen/Audi	Driverless city cars, limited use	2021
Delphi/Transdev	Autonomous taxis, shuttles with remote human backup	2018
Toyota	Highway self-driving with human backup	2020
Volvo	Fully autonomous vehicle, no human backup	2021
Honda	Autonomous personal cars, with driver as back-up	2025
General Motors	Semi-autonomous on highway, driver must be engaged	2017
Mercedes-Benz	Autonomous taxis, no human backup	Around 2020
Nissan	Models with self-driving capabilities, human backup	2020
Uber	Autonomous taxis with human backup drivers	2016

Company Plan Year nuTonomy, software start-up Self-driving taxis in Singapore 2018 Waymo, unit of Google parent Alphabet Largely self-driving vehicle; partnership with Fiat Chrysler 2019 Ford Motor Co. Autonomous shuttle or shared vehicles, no human backup 2021 BMW/Intel/Others Fully automated vehicles in production 2021 Volkswagen/Audi Driverless city cars, limited use 2021 Delphi/Transdev Autonomous taxis, shuttles with remote human backup 2018 Toyota Highway self-driving with human backup 2020 Volvo Fully autonomous vehicle, no human backup 2021 Honda Autonomous personal cars, with driver as back-up 2025 General Motors Semi-autonomous on highway, driver must be engaged 2017 Mercedes-Benz Autonomous taxis, no human backup Around 2020 Nissan Models with self-driving capabilities, human backup 2020 Uber Autonomous taxis with human backup drivers 2016 Company Plan Year Company Plan Year nuTonomy, software start-up Self-driving taxis in Singapore 2018 nuTonomy, software start-up Self-driving taxis in Singapore 2018 Waymo, unit of Google parent Alphabet Largely self-driving vehicle; partnership with Fiat Chrysler 2019 Waymo, unit of Google parent Alphabet Largely self-driving vehicle; partnership with Fiat Chrysler 2019 Ford Motor Co. Autonomous shuttle or shared vehicles, no human backup 2021 Ford Motor Co. Autonomous shuttle or shared vehicles, no human backup 2021 BMW/Intel/Others Fully automated vehicles in production 2021 BMW/Intel/Others Fully automated vehicles in production 2021 Volkswagen/Audi Driverless city cars, limited use 2021 Volkswagen/Audi Driverless city cars, limited use 2021 Delphi/Transdev Autonomous taxis, shuttles with remote human backup 2018 Delphi/Transdev Autonomous taxis, shuttles with remote human backup 2018 Toyota Highway self-driving with human backup 2020 Toyota Highway self-driving with human backup 2020 Volvo Fully autonomous vehicle, no human backup 2021 Volvo Fully autonomous vehicle, no human backup 2021 Honda Autonomous personal cars, with driver as back-up 2025 Honda Autonomous personal cars, with driver as back-up 2025 General Motors Semi-autonomous on highway, driver must be engaged 2017 General Motors Semi-autonomous on highway, driver must be engaged 2017 Mercedes-Benz Autonomous taxis, no human backup Around 2020 Mercedes-Benz Autonomous taxis, no human backup Around 2020 Nissan Models with self-driving capabilities, human backup 2020 Nissan Models with self-driving capabilities, human backup 2020 Uber Autonomous taxis with human backup drivers 2016 Uber Autonomous taxis with human backup drivers 2016