222
U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels
(www.autoblog.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
This is Level 4 automation, and even it needs a human override. Can't override without a steering wheel.
I think this whole plan is just a gimmick to dangle that carrot in front of the public, fooling them into thinking Level 5 full automation is just around the corner, when it really, really, really isn't.
The override system likely exists. It obviously exists now as remote operators can intervene on the current fleet without being present.
The human override is done by an employee in a control center, not by the passengers. They can and do override without using the steering wheel, and that's never going to change. The steering wheels are already obsolete, because passengers aren't even allowed to sit up front or touch the wheel.
This is as level 5 as we're ever going to get.
Level 5 cannot have geofencing like this system has.