Honda Motor Reveals Next Gen Automated Driving Technology

Honda Motor Co. today in Tokyo unveiled the next-generation Autonomous Driving technologies of its so-called SENSING 360 and SENSING Elite, the most ambitious version of its safety and driver-assistive software and hardware.

Honda said it is working on a collision-free society for everyone sharing the road by pursuing the research and development of safety technologies. The  SENSING safety and driver-assistive system Honda currently applies to its mass-production models is installed to 99% of Honda’s new automobile models sold in Japan and the US,  and 86% globally. Cumulative sales of vehicles equipped with Honda SENSING now tops 14 million units*1.

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In 2021, Honda launched Honda SENSING Elite with the Traffic Jam Pilot function, which qualifies for Level 3 automated driving technology. Using the “know-how”  collected through the research and development of SENSING Elite technology, Honda said it developed the Honda SENSING 360 omnidirectional safety and driver-assistive system, which removes blind spots around the vehicle and contributes to collision avoidance and the reduction of driver responsibility. The application of Honda SENSING 360 will begin in 2022, starting from China.

Looking farther out, Honda wants to equip all of its new automobile models globally with Honda SENSING (both 360 and Elite variations), with a motorcycle detection function by 2030.

Honda looks to equip all new models in all major markets with Honda SENSING 360 by 2030, while also continuing to advance Honda SENSING functions. Through these initiatives, Honda is aiming to reduce global traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles by half by 2030.

Honda says the real goal is for zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles globally by 2050.

*1 Honda internal research as of September 2022.