NISSAN SUPPORTS NEW AUTONOMOUS DRIVING LEGISLATION ANNOUNCED IN THE QUEEN'S SPEECH AT STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has already announced it will launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology by 2020 in the United States, Europe, Japan and China. The technology will be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices, with a focus on accessibility to all customers. This week Nissan also marked the opening of a Joint Research Centre for Intelligent Mobility at Tsinghua University (Department of Automotive Engineering) in Beijing, China. The collaboration will work on the research and development of electric vehicle and autonomous drive technologies for the Chinese market. Paul Willcox, Chairman of Nissan Europe, said: 'Any new legislation, such as we've seen announced, that supports the adoption and integration of autonomous vehicle technologies, is a positive for the UK.' 'Autonomously-equipped vehicles will improve the safety and well-being of drivers, with fewer collisions and reduced traffic congestion. The UK economy can also benefit, by playing a pivotal role in a global industry estimated to be worth £900billion by 2025.' 'Nissan is about taking innovative, premium technologies and making them accessible and affordable to the general public. We're excited to be debuting the first phase of our autonomous driving technology, ProPilot, on the Nissan Qashqai in 2017 – one of the UK's best-selling cars and a model produced right here at our Sunderland plant.' Mr Willcox added: 'The introduction of ProPilot technology will be an evolution not a revolution as the building blocks for this are already in place in many of our cars today through our Safety Shield Technology.' About Nissan's Piloted Drive strategy The stage one autonomous drive – Piloted Drive 1.0 – will give the Nissan Qashqai 'single lane control' in heavy traffic conditions on highways and represents an important milestone in the company's effort to launch a range of vehicles with autonomous drive technologies by 2020.
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