Autonomous driving: Ferrari boss says no

Created: 04/10/2022 08:56

By: Simon Mones

Numerous manufacturers are researching autonomous driving.

Not so Ferrari!

The boss of the sports car manufacturer rejects self-driving cars.

Two terms probably come to mind when you think of Ferrari: sports car and tradition.

But the Italians also have to accept the end of the combustion engine and go in the direction of electromobility.

However, there is no such thing as a self-driving sports car from Maranello.

At an event in June, Ferrari boss Benedetto Vigna clearly rejected autonomous driving, as reported by

.

"No customer is going to spend money on the in-car computer to enjoy the ride," Vigna told

.

"The value of the human being, the human being at the centre, is fundamental."

Those who buy a Ferrari will continue to drive themselves in the future.

Autonomous sports cars should not exist.

(Iconic image) © Gregorio Borgia/dpa

Autonomous driving: Ferrari boss says no

When some artificial intelligence experts tried to convince him that Ferrari should introduce autonomous driving in its sports cars, Vigna invited them for a spin.

But not just anywhere, but on the company's own racetrack in Fiorano.

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"The AI ​​guys rode along with our test driver," Vigna said, according to

.

"When they got out of the Ferrari, they said to me: 'Ok, Benedetto, our presentation is useless.'" However, Ferrari does not want to completely do without driver assistants, a sports car with a level 5 autonomous system that does not require human intervention however, don't exist.

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The coming years will show whether Ferrari keeps this promise.

After all, there should never be an SUV from Maranello and yet the company has presented one with the Purosangue.

It is therefore possible that Ferrari will also follow the trend towards autonomous driving with a slight delay.

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Other manufacturers are already much further along.

The GM subsidiary Cruise in San Francisco is already using self-driving cars as robotaxis.

Volkswagen plans to launch a similar service in Hamburg in 2025.

But first with a safety driver on board.

And Tesla boss Elon Musk also recently promised that fully autonomous driving would not be a long time coming.

It should therefore be as far as 2023.