Sberautotech, the company of the Ecosystem of Sberbank, showed its new fully autonomous electric car at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (PMEF). Photo of the prototype of drone drone at the forum appeared on social networks, and video showed a Telegram channel The Bell.
This is an absolutely unmanned vehicle, and moreover, we are talking about the fifth, maximum level of autonomy by international classification. The car of this level was going to release Tesla, however, according to Reuters, at the beginning of May the company recognized that it would not be able to achieve complete autonomy until the end of this year.
On such a dates, the head of Tesla Ilon Mask promised to meet in January, but now the autonomy of the car was evaluated only to the second level, which involves control over driving from the driver.
The novelty from Sberautotech was called “flip”, and the basis of its design is the electrical platform of its own development. As the power press service told, the layout of the batteries allows you to replace all modules for no more than five minutes. During the same time, you can fuel the usual car. In addition, the source of energy for the “flip” can be not only electricity, but also gas and hydrogen.
The size of the electric car coincides with the standard passenger car, but the space is more: six people are placed in the cabin with comfort.
The Deputy Minister of Transport Kirill Bogdanov also spoke about the use of drones in Russia at PMEF: such cars can start using the Moscow-St. Petersburg on the highway in 2024. For these purposes, special hubs will be built on the M-11 highway. The infrastructure will cost up to six million rubles per kilometer, but the use of unmanned trucks will help reduce the cost of transportation, consider it in the Ministry of Transport.