Ray Massey 'drives' BMW's fully automated self-driving car

German car giant BMW has demonstrated for the first time its fully self-driving car technology which it aims to have rolling out of showrooms within four years. Not only will drivers have their hands off the wheel, they'll soon have their feet off the pedals and their eyes off the road, said the car maker. The technology will be used in the futuristic'i-Next car' which from 2021 will be the firm's first fully-autonomous vehicle, powered by electric hybrid or a hydrogen fuel-cell. The all-electric version is expected to have a range of more than 300-miles thanks to new battery technology and it will be a real-life version of the Vision Next 100 prototype unveiled in 2016. Five levels of self-driving technology are used when the car completely drives itself, compared to the two or three used for cars currently on the road, and each one gives more control to the car itself.