Among other things, a vehicle drives autonomously on a trajectory through a road network to a goal location based on an automatic process for planning the trajectory without human intervention; and an automatic process alters the planning of the trajectory to reach a target location based on a request received from an occupant of the vehicle to engage in a speed-reducing maneuver.

An automotive adaptive cruise control system for a host motor vehicle configured to operate in at least two different operating modes comprising a first operating mode, in which a current speed of the host vehicle is controlled to maintain a cruise speed, and a second operating mode, in which the current speed of the host vehicle is controlled to maintain a cruise distance to a leading vehicle, wherein the system is configured to: detect approaching to a traffic light and determine a light signal emitted thereby, signal to the driver the presence of the detected traffic light and the determined light signal, if the traffic light emits a red or amber light signal, estimating a driver reaction time, determining a higher threshold distance and a lower threshold distance from the traffic light, and warning the driver of the host vehicle of the need to slow it down if, after the driver reaction time has elapsed: i) the host motor vehicle has not decreased its speed by more than a calibratable threshold, ii) the current speed of the host vehicle is higher than a minimum speed, iii) either the distance of the host vehicle from the traffic light is lower than the higher threshold distance and the light signal emitted by the traffic light is red, or the distance of the host vehicle from the traffic light is between the higher and lower threshold distances and the light signal emitted by the traffic light is amber, and iv) a service brake of the host vehicle is unoperated.

A vehicle control method for executing a sailing stop control when a drive source stop condition is established while a vehicle is traveling. The sailing stop control stops a drive source of the vehicle and releases an engaging element provided between the drive source and a drive wheel such that the vehicle travels under inertia. The vehicle control method acquires information on a road on which the vehicle will travel, and then determines whether there is a section on a route where the sailing stop control can be executed based on the information. Upon determining a section exist capable of the sailing stop control, the vehicle control method estimates a power shortage amount, which is a shortage amount of power during sailing stop control, based on the information, and charges a battery with power required to cover the power shortage amount prior to starting the sailing stop control.

Apparatuses and methods for automated parking of autonomous vehicles are provided herein. An example method includes receiving, by an automated driving system of an autonomous vehicle, a pull over request during a trip to a destination; initiating, by the automated driving system, a pull over sequence, the pull over sequence including determining if the autonomous vehicle is within a pre-determined distance from the destination; stopping the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle is within the pre-determined distance; and when the autonomous vehicle is not within the pre-determined distance, initiating a parking sequence to park the autonomous vehicle at a nearest available parking location.

Disclosed is a vehicle with an engine control unit including a unit for detecting the imminence of a breakdown with the engine or with an element associated with the engine, and a vehicle control unit including a unit for geo-locating the vehicle and the closest structure for repairing an imminent breakdown, a unit for formulating a route that the vehicle needs to follow in order to reach the structure and for geo-locating at least one safe stopping place that is en-route, the two units including a unit for receiving and transmitting information between them, the vehicle control unit sending the engine control unit a request for temporary malfunctioning of the vehicle just before the vehicle passes the at least one safe stopping place or the structure.

A system may include at least one processor including circuitry and a memory. The memory may include instructions executable by the circuitry to cause the at least one processor programmed to receive at least one identifier associated with a condition having at least one dynamic characteristic. The at least one identifier may be determined based on acquisition, from a camera associated with a host vehicle, of at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, and analysis of the at least one image to identify the condition in the environment, and analysis of the at least one image to determine the at least one identifier associated with the condition. The at least one processor may also be programmed to update a database record to include the at least one identifier associated with the condition, and distribute the database record to at least one entity.

A method of controlling an electrified vehicle to prevent a collision thereof includes: determining whether an accelerator pedal is erroneously operated in the situation in which an obstacle is detected to be present in a traveling path; and when it is determined that the accelerator pedal is erroneously operated, performing braking control such that at least one of hydraulic braking or regenerative braking is selectively performed in a plurality of braking sections determined based on a current vehicle speed and a distance to the obstacle.

A driving environment is perceived based on sensor data obtained from a plurality of sensors mounted on an ADV. A first set of features is extracted from the sensor data representing the driving environment, where the first set of features include one or more obstacles moving relative to the ADV. A precaution notification is generated by applying a precautionary slowdown predictive model to the first set of features and a second set of features determined based on internal states of the ADV. In response to the precaution notification, a speed planning is performed to lower a speed limit of the ADV to a predetermined percentage of the speed limit. The ADV is controlled to drive autonomously according to the lowered speed limit to perform a precautionary slowdown.

A driver management system and a method of operating the same. The driver management system includes: a monitoring part provided in a vehicle and determining a level of driving attention of a driver; and a vehicle stopping determination part receiving the level of driving attention of the driver, determining vehicle stop frequency at which a vehicle stops at a plurality of vehicle stopping points provided on a road, decreasing the vehicle stop frequency when the level of driving attention is high, and increasing the vehicle stop frequency when the level of driving attention is low.

A vehicle control device includes: a stop position determination portion configured to determine a stop position at which a vehicle is stopped for a user to get in the vehicle or get off the vehicle so that a space for the user to get in or get off the vehicle is secured around a door of the vehicle, the door being used by the user when the user gets in or gets off the vehicle; and a driving controlling portion configured to perform an automatic driving control on the vehicle so that the vehicle stops at the stop position.