BMW Level 3 Autonomous Driving Tech Coming in 2025

Future iterations of BMW's autonomous driving technology will be more connected, and not just to the growing internet of things. This week, BMW announced more details about its autonomous driving partnership with Qualcomm and Arriver that the three companies will jointly develop next-generation automated driving solutions that will offer Level 3 capabilities in the second half of 2025, with an eye toward Level 4 capabilities after that. In brief, Level 3 will allow drivers to ride without having to touch the steering wheel or constantly watch the road when they're on some highways, but a human must be ready to take over whenever the system is unable to drive itself. "The idea [with the Snapdragon digital chassis] is to be able to find economies of scale within an automotive platform that allows OEMs to be able to scale up very quickly." said Qualcomm's Nakul Duggal on a media call with journalists. "To be able to build a reference platform with a partner like BMW that scales from entry-level vehicles all the way to luxury vehicles, at a global scale, is something that is synonymous with what a lot of different automakers need."