The German group said the bulk of the start of production self-driving car

With the release of such vehicles will Daimler.

Automotive concern Daimler plans from 2021 to start mass production of cars with automatic control system, said the head of self-driving Mercedes-Benz, Michael Hafner.

“We are preparing to release a large number of robotic taxis, starting from 2021,” said Hafner.

According to him, in the second half of this year, Daimler in cooperation with the German group Robert Bosch GmbH will hold the first test vehicles in the San Jose, Silicon valley, West California.

The first markets that will concern will be the US and Europe, later also China will be added. At the first stage it is planned to produce more than 10 thousand cars.

“How fast is reached, this number depends on many variables, in particular the legislative framework of the countries concerned,” said Hafner.

“The more cars we see on our streets – the sooner we will be able to cover huge development costs,” said the designer.

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