Toyota's safety technology guardian to be available in the 2020s
Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), speaks on the Toyota Guardian, an accident avoidance system that assists drivers, during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's automated safety technology "Guardian" will be available "in the 2020s," Gill Pratt, chief executive officer of the Toyota Research Institute, said on Monday in Las Vegas.
The model is more limited than Toyota's full self-driving system, which it labels its "Chauffeur" technology, but "the car if it needed to could drive itself,” Pratt told reporters after a news conference at the annual CES global technology conference.
The technology will be offered to other automakers, he said.
Photographers take photos of a research vehicle equipped with Toyota Guardian, a accident avoidance system that assists drivers, during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Toyota has been pursuing a dual-track strategy for developing its self-driving vehicles.
Ryan Eustice, the Toyota Research Institute's senior vice president of automated driving, called Guardian "a super advanced driver assistance".
Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), speaks by a research vehicle equipped with Toyota Guardian, a accident avoidance system that assists drivers, during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
(Reporting by Alexandria Sage in Las Vegas; Writing by Mary Ann Alapatt in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Sonya Hepinstall)
Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), speaks on the Toyota Guardian, an accident avoidance system that assists drivers, during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve MarcusBob Carter, executive vice president of sales for Toyota Motor North America, speaks during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve MarcusPerception stack sensors are shown on the roof of a research vehicle equipped with Toyota Guardian, an accident avoidance system that assists drivers, during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve MarcusJournalists take photos of a research vehicle equipped with Toyota Guardian, a accident avoidance system that assists drivers, during a Toyota news conference at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
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