FEV North America to Demo Its Smart Vehicle Technologies for First Time at CES

FEV North America will use CES to demo its smart vehicle technologies for the first time on the streets of Las Vegas, the vehicle engineering company said Tuesday. Its “demonstrator” vehicle will shuttle showgoers between its hospitality suite at the Bellagio and the Las Vegas Convention Center for the duration of CES, it said: “While capable of autonomous operation, the vehicle will be driven by an FEV representative who will explain and demonstrate the integrated technologies.” The vehicle is capable of fully autonomous Level 5 driving on the Society of Automotive Engineers scale, "but not in all weather conditions and environments, just like any other autonomous car at the moment," Stephan Tarnutzer, FEV North America vice president-electronics, told us Wednesday. The same vehicle was demonstrated in full Level 5 autonomy on a test track in Germany during the Aachen Colloquium technical symposium in September, said Tarnutzer. Based on SAE's scale, FEV would classify the vehicle as it will be showcased at CES as Level 3/4, meaning somewhere between conditional and high autonomy, he said. FEV hasn't applied for licenses in states to operate the vehicle in full Level 5 mode, he said.