Honda Legend

2021: Start of car sales

In early March 2021, Honda was the first to sell cars with a level 3 autopilot. The Legend sedan received an improved version of the Honda Sensing Driver Assistance System (ADAS) called the Honda Sensing Elite, which will be the first commercially available level 3 SAE system.

Level 3 autopilot is fundamentally different from level 2 in that it indicates a transition from partial automation to conditional. Such a car can read its surroundings and make decisions based on what it sees. As a result, the car can act independently depending on the situation without the participation of the driver.

Honda was the first to sell cars with a level 3 autopilot

This freedom is provided by the Honda Sensing Elite Traffic Jam Pilot, which gives the car control over the brakes, steering and throttle. This allows the car to maintain a specified distance, speed, and position on the lane. All control takes place without the participation of the driver, who, according to the manufacturer, can at this time "watch TV or choose the destination using the navigation system."

The developed technology allows the driver to distract from the road in conditions of tight traffic on the expressway, but if an unforeseen situation arises or the section with a tight flow ends, the electronics will sound, urging the driver to take control.

If the system commands the driver to take control with sound, tactile and visual warnings, but the driver does not take the wheel, the emergency stop function is activated. This allows the car to safely park on the side of the road. If there is no shoulder, the car will slowly stop, the hearth visual and sound signals to other drivers.^[1]

2020: Honda Legend sedan announcement with Level 3 autopilot

In mid-November 2020, it became known that Honda became the first automaker in the world to open sales of a car with unmanned driving equipment corresponding to the third level of automation according to the international classification.

The first Honda car with a third-level autopilot will be the Honda Legend sedan, on which Traffic Jam Pilot autonomous driving equipment is installed. The third level of automation assumes that the car can go unmanned under certain conditions, including in the flow of cars on the highway, performing acceleration, braking and overtaking of other vehicles, but the presence and participation of the driver is necessary. He must monitor the situation on the road in order to take control of the car in case of an emergency. Speed for such cars is planned to be limited.

Honda launches Honda Legend with Tier 3 autopilot

Access to the Honda Legend market with a third level of autopilot became possible after the Japanese government issued Traffic Jam Pilot technology a safety certificate that allows drivers to take their eyes off the road. Prior to this, it was supposed to be a check in which Honda had to comply with several standards, including agreeing to keep an automated recording of driving data for six months and use a sticker informing about unmanned driving.

The international classification implies six levels of automotive automation. As of November 2020, second-level cars can be found on public roads. Audi also claimed the role of the automaker, whose car with the third level of autopilot will be the first to appear on the market. The company was going to bring the 2019 A8L model to public roads. However, Audi had to postpone plans after changes in the regulation of this issue at the federal and state levels took place in the United States.^[2]

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