Nissan announced a new ProPilot 2.0 setup that will allow the drivers to remove their hands from the wheel for extended periods of time in certain highway driving scenarios.
ProPilot 2.0 is far more capable than Nissan's existing ProPilot system; there's plenty of new hardware involved. A whole range of cameras, sonar and radar is needed to enable the single lane hands free driving mode and a camera mounted on top of the dash is used for driver monitoring.
ProPilot 2.0 system
The system can only enable hands-free driving in a single lane and it will prompt the driver to put hands back on the wheel to change lanes using visual and audio alerts.
Also, it notifies the driver to take over steering when the vehicle exits the highway with the system disengaging as soon as the car enters an exit ramp.
Nissan Has a Hands-Free Highway Driving System
Meanwhile, the system launches this fall in Japan in Nissan Skyline, which is sold in the United States as the ''Infiniti Q50 sedan'', according to Auto Car News.
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