AI driving should be mandatory

Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall said AI driving systems should become required in all vehicles, just like seatbelts and emergency braking systems.

“I think over time we're going to see this kind of technology be required in vehicles like a seatbelt, like an emergency braking system.”

Why AI driving matters now

Kendall said the technology is affordable enough for mass-market cars and that what happens on roads today is unacceptable. He called it morally wrong not to have intelligence in vehicles to save lives.

“So it's really morally wrong to not have some system, some intelligence in the vehicle to save those lives.”

Stellantis and Wayve's partnership

Stellantis and Wayve announced their partnership in May.Stellantis is putting the Wayve AI Driver into its STLA AutoDrive platform for hands-free, supervised driving.The first launch is targeted for two thousand twenty-eight in North America.

Each brand will drive differently

Stellantis chief executive Antonio Filosa said each brand will drive differently.AI will make each vehicle a self-learning machine.A Jeep will learn differently from a Peugeot or a Maserati, though both are built for safety first.

Supervised driving as a stepping stone

Kendall sees supervised driving as a stepping stone to eyes-off and driverless cars.Starting supervised introduces customers to the technology and builds data needed to improve it.