Early self-driving cars may only be able to operate in cities that have been 100% digitally mapped, thus limiting their capability. Thus, Honda could yet remain near the front of the pack.

Honda wants a Level 4 self-driving car by 2025. The car will be able to drive itself nearly all of the time. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...

Honda said it’s targeting Level 4 cars — a reference to SAE International’s widely adopted six-level classification (Level Zero through Level 5) of self-driving capability — by 2025.

Honda is the latest automaker to commit to an ambitious self-driving car goal. It wants cars with SAE Level 4 autonomy on the road by 2025, CEO Takahiro Hachigo announced at a media event in Japan.

Probably the single biggest news to come out of the trip was Honda’s announcement about its budding relationship with Waymo, the self-driving division of Alphabet (Google’s parent company).

Honda, one of the last major automakers without a clear autonomous vehicle strategy, finally unveiled its self-driving car goals with a target for 2025.

Honda aims to have a self-driving car in production by 2020 if the deal is done (Opens in a new window). Its engineers would work closely with Waymo in order to more tightly integrate the technology.

That strategy includes developing Level 4-capable self-driving cars by 2025 for city streets, with plans for a self-driving highway vehicle to be to market by 2020.

Honda told Roadshow that this concept is meant to address the technological and cultural transition self-driving car will inevitably bring. All the cool car stuff at CES 2020 +29 More ...

Honda has previously announced plans to deliver self-driving cars by around 2020. It said in addition to these on-going efforts, this technical collaboration with Waymo could allow Honda R&D to ...

Self-driving technology is still far from perfect. Uber’s autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes between September 2016 and March 2018, when one of the cars was involved in a fatal ...