Which Cars Have Self-Driving Features for 2017? News

Which Cars Have Self-Driving Features for 2017?

CARS.COM – No production car in the U.S. fully drives itself all the time, but slew of cars you can buy right now can do some driving tasks in select circumstances – what the industry would call “Level 1” or “Level Two” capabilities in the broadly accepted six-level classification of self-driving capabilities by SAE International.

Here’s what every major automaker offers for the two thousand seventeen model year.

BMW Group

BMW Group also includes Mini. Every BMW and Mini (both brands under the BMW Group) except the Z4 and i8 offers at least some degree of automation through the automaker’s self-park steering and, in most cases, adaptive cruise control.

Adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

  • 2017 BMW three Series
  • 2017 BMW four Series
  • 2017 BMW six Series
  • 2017 BMW X3
  • 2017 BMW X4
  • 2017 BMW X5
  • 2017 BMW X6
  • 2017 Mini Clubman
  • 2017 Mini Convertible
  • 2017 Mini Countryman
  • 2017 Mini Hardtop

For three BMWs (the five Series, seven Series and the electrified i3), the self-park feature automates the steering plus the gas and brakes – a rarity among self-park programs. BMW’s Traffic Jam Assistant, meantime, includes lane-centering steering and full-speed adaptive cruise control.

Self-park steering, acceleration and brakes:

Self-park steering, acceleration and brakes plus lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control:

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

FCA’s U.S. brands are Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Ram. The automaker does not presently suggest any lane-centering steering program, an FCA spokesman told us.

Adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia
  • 2017 Chrysler 300
  • 2017 Dodge Charger
  • 2017 Dodge Durango
  • 2017 Fiat 500X
  • 2017 Jeep Compass (redesign)
  • 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee
  • 2017 Jeep Renegade

Self-park steering and adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Chrysler 200
  • 2017 Chrysler Pacifica
  • 2017 Jeep Cherokee
  • 2017 Jeep Compass (redesign)

Ford includes Lincoln, the automaker’s luxury division. Among both brands, these cars suggest self-park steering:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Ford Mustang
  • 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty

These cars suggest self-park steering and adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Ford Edge
  • 2017 Ford Escape
  • 2017 Ford Explorer
  • 2017 Ford Taurus
  • 2017 Ford F-150
  • 2017 Ford Ripple
  • 2017 Ford Fusion
  • 2017 Lincoln Continental
  • 2017 Lincoln MKC
  • 2017 Lincoln MKT
  • 2017 Lincoln MKX
  • 2017 Lincoln MKZ

Ford offers a corrective steering program on some cars, but it’s stringently lane departure steering – not a true lane-centering steering system, the automaker confirmed.

GM’s U.S. brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Buick LaCrosse
  • 2017 Buick Regal
  • 2017 Cadillac ATS
  • 2017 Cadillac Escalade
  • 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV
  • 2017 Chevrolet Impala
  • 2017 Chevrolet Suburban
  • 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe
  • 2017 GMC Yukon
  • 2017 GMC Yukon XL

These cars have adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

  • 2017 Buick Envision
  • 2017 Cadillac CTS
  • 2017 Cadillac CT6
  • 2017 Cadillac XT5
  • 2017 Cadillac XTS
  • 2017 Chevrolet Malibu
  • 2017 Chevrolet Volt

Some GM cars have a lane keep assist feature that applies steering to mitigate lane departure, but “none are designed to steer the vehicle without the driver’s arms on the wheel,” spokesman Tom Wilkinson told us.

Honda

Honda includes Acura, the automaker’s luxury division. Honda offers lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control with its Honda Sensing and AcuraWatch packages, respectively. These packages are available on a broad range of cars:

  • 2017 Acura ILX
  • 2017 Acura MDX
  • 2017 Acura RDX
  • 2017 Acura RLX
  • 2017 Acura TLX
  • 2017 Honda Accord
  • 2017 Honda Civic
  • 2017 Honda CR-V
  • 2017 Honda Pilot
  • 2017 Honda Ridgeline

Hyundai and Kia

Hyundai and Kia are affiliated Korean automakers, and Genesis is Hyundai’s fresh luxury brand. Among the three, these cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Genesis G80
  • 2017 Genesis G90
  • 2017 Hyundai Ioniq
  • 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe
  • 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
  • 2017 Hyundai Sonata
  • 2017 Kia Cadenza
  • 2017 Kia K900
  • 2017 Kia Optima
  • 2017 Kia Sedona
  • 2017 Kia Sorento

No cars from Hyundai, Genesis or Kia suggest self-parking systems. In 2016, Hyundai told us its Lane-Keeping Assist system – available at the time on the two thousand seventeen Elantra and two thousand sixteen Genesis (which became the two thousand seventeen Genesis G80) – constituted lane-centering steering. But Hyundai later clarified that the earlier information it gave us was incorrect: “There is an element of ‘lane drift’ in how this technology is presently deployed,” spokesman Miles Johnson wrote in an email on Feb. 22. “Sustained latitudinal control does not occur.”

The two thousand seventeen Kia Forte, by contrast, employs an optional Lane Keep Assist System that actively steers the car down the center of the road, given the right speed and conditions. A Kia spokesman confirmed that the system constitutes SAE Level two self-driving capability – an indication that it’s a lane-centering treatment.

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar and Land Rover are affiliated luxury brands. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and lane-centering steering:

  • 2017 Jaguar XE
  • 2017 Jaguar XF
  • 2017 Jaguar F-Pace
  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery
  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport
  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover
  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Sport

Mazda

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and lane-centering steering:

Note that at the time of publication, Mazda had not yet released information on the availability of Lane Keep Assist, a steering system the automaker confirmed qualifies as a lane-centering system, on the CX-9 or CX-5 for 2017.

Mercedes-Benz

These Mercedes-Benz cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

On all but the E-Class, Mercedes’ self-parking system steers but doesn’t control the gas and brakes; it’s available on all cars except the G-Class and AMG GT, spokesman Brian Cotter said. On the E-Class, the self-parking system works the steering, gas and brakes.

Lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control, marketed under Mercedes’ Distronic Plus system, is available on these cars:

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi offers adaptive cruise control on the Outlander.

Nissan

Nissan includes Infiniti, the automaker’s luxury brand. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Infiniti Q70
  • 2017 Infiniti QX50
  • 2017 Infiniti QX60
  • 2017 Infiniti QX70
  • 2017 Infiniti QX80
  • 2017 Nissan Altima
  • 2017 Nissan Armada
  • 2017 Nissan Maxima
  • 2017 Nissan Murano
  • 2017 Nissan Pathfinder
  • 2017 Nissan Rogue
  • 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport
  • 2017 Nissan Sentra

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and lane-centering steering, marketed under Infiniti’s Active Lane Control:

Subaru

Subaru offers a lane departure steering system but not true lane-centering steering. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Subaru Crosstrek
  • 2017 Subaru Forester
  • 2017 Subaru Impreza
  • 2017 Subaru Legacy
  • 2017 Subaru Outback
  • 2017 Subaru WRX

Tesla

Tesla’s Autopilot system incorporates adaptive cruise control, lane-center steering and self-park steering, acceleration and brakes. It’s available on these cars:

Toyota

Toyota includes Lexus, the automaker’s luxury division. The automaker told us in two thousand sixteen that its Lane Trace Control functioned as lane-centering steering but has since reversed course on that claim. Spokesman Victor Vanov told us March fourteen that Toyota’s active steering system only constitutes a lane departure steering system, not a true lane-centering system.

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Lexus CT
  • 2017 Lexus ES
  • 2017 Lexus ES Hybrid
  • 2017 Lexus GS
  • 2017 Lexus GS Hybrid
  • 2017 Lexus GS F
  • 2017 Lexus GX
  • 2017 Lexus IS
  • 2017 Lexus LS
  • 2017 Lexus LX
  • 2017 Lexus NX
  • 2017 Lexus RC
  • 2017 Lexus RX
  • 2017 Lexus RX Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Avalon
  • 2017 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Camry
  • 2017 Toyota Camry Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Highlander
  • 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Land Cruiser
  • 2017 Toyota Mirai
  • 2017 Toyota Prius
  • 2017 Toyota Prius v
  • 2017 Toyota Prius Prime
  • 2017 Toyota Sequoia
  • 2017 Toyota Sienna

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

Volkswagen Group

The Volkswagen Group also includes the Audi and Porsche brands. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Audi A3/S3
  • 2017 Audi A6/S6
  • 2017 Audi A7/S7/RS 7
  • 2017 Audi A8/S8
  • 2017 Porsche 718
  • 2017 Porsche 911
  • 2017 Porsche Cayenne
  • 2017 Porsche Macan
  • 2017 Porsche Panamera
  • 2017 Volkswagen CC
  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf R
  • 2017 Volkswagen Jetta
  • 2017 Volkswagen Touareg

These cars suggest self-park steering and adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf
  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen
  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI
  • 2017 Volkswagen Passat

Audi’s Traffic Jam Assist feature incorporates lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control. It’s available on these cars:

Audi says a slew of cars – the A3/S3, A6/S6, A7/S7/RS seven and A8/S8 – suggest lane-centering steering with a feature called Active Lane Assist, but it cautions that this feature is less advanced than Traffic Jam Assist, which coordinates steering with acceleration and brakes for what Audi considers SAE Level two status.

Volvo

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

These suggest adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

Volvo’s Pilot Assist incorporates lane-centering steering, adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

Why Isn’t Automatic Emergency Braking or Lane Departure Steering Part of This?

Those systems only take over in very particular – and often emergency – situations, so SAE International doesn’t consider them part of its paradigm. Forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking is an significant safety feature and something most automakers have vowed to include standard by 2022. But it’s not part of the self-driving paradigm. The same goes for corrective steering aids that only nudge the wheel back when you’re drifting out of your lane. Many automakers suggest such steering aids, but SAE told Cars.com in two thousand sixteen that it does not consider them a self-driving feature.

Of course, bona fide lane-centering steering systems vary widely in their effectiveness as well as how long they permit the car to drive without your forearms on the wheel. Some require you to hold the wheel every few seconds, while others can go much longer in the right circumstances. Andy Christensen, a senior manager of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research at Nissan’s Technical Center North America, told us in two thousand sixteen that he thought no lane-centering steering systems should qualify as a self-driving feature until they’re good enough to suggest sustained, hands-off control.

Suffice it to say that all of these features vary in effectiveness and usage situations, and at this point, none of them are substitutes for an attentive driver. So pay attention, even if your car can drive itself for certain periods.

Editor’s note: This post was updated March 29, 2017, with extra information from Mini.

Which Cars Have Self-Driving Features for 2017? News

Which Cars Have Self-Driving Features for 2017?

CARS.COM – No production car in the U.S. fully drives itself all the time, but slew of cars you can buy right now can do some driving tasks in select circumstances – what the industry would call “Level 1” or “Level Two” capabilities in the broadly accepted six-level classification of self-driving capabilities by SAE International.

Here’s what every major automaker offers for the two thousand seventeen model year.

BMW Group

BMW Group also includes Mini. Every BMW and Mini (both brands under the BMW Group) except the Z4 and i8 offers at least some degree of automation through the automaker’s self-park steering and, in most cases, adaptive cruise control.

Adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

  • 2017 BMW three Series
  • 2017 BMW four Series
  • 2017 BMW six Series
  • 2017 BMW X3
  • 2017 BMW X4
  • 2017 BMW X5
  • 2017 BMW X6
  • 2017 Mini Clubman
  • 2017 Mini Convertible
  • 2017 Mini Countryman
  • 2017 Mini Hardtop

For three BMWs (the five Series, seven Series and the electrified i3), the self-park feature automates the steering plus the gas and brakes – a rarity among self-park programs. BMW’s Traffic Jam Assistant, meantime, includes lane-centering steering and full-speed adaptive cruise control.

Self-park steering, acceleration and brakes:

Self-park steering, acceleration and brakes plus lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control:

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

FCA’s U.S. brands are Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Ram. The automaker does not presently suggest any lane-centering steering program, an FCA spokesman told us.

Adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia
  • 2017 Chrysler 300
  • 2017 Dodge Charger
  • 2017 Dodge Durango
  • 2017 Fiat 500X
  • 2017 Jeep Compass (redesign)
  • 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee
  • 2017 Jeep Renegade

Self-park steering and adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Chrysler 200
  • 2017 Chrysler Pacifica
  • 2017 Jeep Cherokee
  • 2017 Jeep Compass (redesign)

Ford includes Lincoln, the automaker’s luxury division. Among both brands, these cars suggest self-park steering:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Ford Mustang
  • 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty

These cars suggest self-park steering and adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Ford Edge
  • 2017 Ford Escape
  • 2017 Ford Explorer
  • 2017 Ford Taurus
  • 2017 Ford F-150
  • 2017 Ford Ripple
  • 2017 Ford Fusion
  • 2017 Lincoln Continental
  • 2017 Lincoln MKC
  • 2017 Lincoln MKT
  • 2017 Lincoln MKX
  • 2017 Lincoln MKZ

Ford offers a corrective steering program on some cars, but it’s stringently lane departure steering – not a true lane-centering steering system, the automaker confirmed.

GM’s U.S. brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Buick LaCrosse
  • 2017 Buick Regal
  • 2017 Cadillac ATS
  • 2017 Cadillac Escalade
  • 2017 Cadillac Escalade ESV
  • 2017 Chevrolet Impala
  • 2017 Chevrolet Suburban
  • 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe
  • 2017 GMC Yukon
  • 2017 GMC Yukon XL

These cars have adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

  • 2017 Buick Envision
  • 2017 Cadillac CTS
  • 2017 Cadillac CT6
  • 2017 Cadillac XT5
  • 2017 Cadillac XTS
  • 2017 Chevrolet Malibu
  • 2017 Chevrolet Volt

Some GM cars have a lane keep assist feature that applies steering to mitigate lane departure, but “none are designed to steer the vehicle without the driver’s palms on the wheel,” spokesman Tom Wilkinson told us.

Honda

Honda includes Acura, the automaker’s luxury division. Honda offers lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control with its Honda Sensing and AcuraWatch packages, respectively. These packages are available on a broad range of cars:

  • 2017 Acura ILX
  • 2017 Acura MDX
  • 2017 Acura RDX
  • 2017 Acura RLX
  • 2017 Acura TLX
  • 2017 Honda Accord
  • 2017 Honda Civic
  • 2017 Honda CR-V
  • 2017 Honda Pilot
  • 2017 Honda Ridgeline

Hyundai and Kia

Hyundai and Kia are affiliated Korean automakers, and Genesis is Hyundai’s fresh luxury brand. Among the three, these cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Genesis G80
  • 2017 Genesis G90
  • 2017 Hyundai Ioniq
  • 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe
  • 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
  • 2017 Hyundai Sonata
  • 2017 Kia Cadenza
  • 2017 Kia K900
  • 2017 Kia Optima
  • 2017 Kia Sedona
  • 2017 Kia Sorento

No cars from Hyundai, Genesis or Kia suggest self-parking systems. In 2016, Hyundai told us its Lane-Keeping Assist system – available at the time on the two thousand seventeen Elantra and two thousand sixteen Genesis (which became the two thousand seventeen Genesis G80) – constituted lane-centering steering. But Hyundai later clarified that the earlier information it gave us was incorrect: “There is an element of ‘lane drift’ in how this technology is presently deployed,” spokesman Miles Johnson wrote in an email on Feb. 22. “Sustained latitudinal control does not occur.”

The two thousand seventeen Kia Forte, by contrast, employs an optional Lane Keep Assist System that actively steers the car down the center of the road, given the right speed and conditions. A Kia spokesman confirmed that the system constitutes SAE Level two self-driving capability – an indication that it’s a lane-centering treatment.

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar and Land Rover are affiliated luxury brands. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and lane-centering steering:

  • 2017 Jaguar XE
  • 2017 Jaguar XF
  • 2017 Jaguar F-Pace
  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery
  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport
  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover
  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Sport

Mazda

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and lane-centering steering:

Note that at the time of publication, Mazda had not yet released information on the availability of Lane Keep Assist, a steering system the automaker confirmed qualifies as a lane-centering system, on the CX-9 or CX-5 for 2017.

Mercedes-Benz

These Mercedes-Benz cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

On all but the E-Class, Mercedes’ self-parking system steers but doesn’t control the gas and brakes; it’s available on all cars except the G-Class and AMG GT, spokesman Brian Cotter said. On the E-Class, the self-parking system works the steering, gas and brakes.

Lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control, marketed under Mercedes’ Distronic Plus system, is available on these cars:

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi offers adaptive cruise control on the Outlander.

Nissan

Nissan includes Infiniti, the automaker’s luxury brand. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Infiniti Q70
  • 2017 Infiniti QX50
  • 2017 Infiniti QX60
  • 2017 Infiniti QX70
  • 2017 Infiniti QX80
  • 2017 Nissan Altima
  • 2017 Nissan Armada
  • 2017 Nissan Maxima
  • 2017 Nissan Murano
  • 2017 Nissan Pathfinder
  • 2017 Nissan Rogue
  • 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport
  • 2017 Nissan Sentra

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and lane-centering steering, marketed under Infiniti’s Active Lane Control:

Subaru

Subaru offers a lane departure steering system but not true lane-centering steering. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Subaru Crosstrek
  • 2017 Subaru Forester
  • 2017 Subaru Impreza
  • 2017 Subaru Legacy
  • 2017 Subaru Outback
  • 2017 Subaru WRX

Tesla

Tesla’s Autopilot system incorporates adaptive cruise control, lane-center steering and self-park steering, acceleration and brakes. It’s available on these cars:

Toyota

Toyota includes Lexus, the automaker’s luxury division. The automaker told us in two thousand sixteen that its Lane Trace Control functioned as lane-centering steering but has since reversed course on that claim. Spokesman Victor Vanov told us March fourteen that Toyota’s active steering system only constitutes a lane departure steering system, not a true lane-centering system.

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Lexus CT
  • 2017 Lexus ES
  • 2017 Lexus ES Hybrid
  • 2017 Lexus GS
  • 2017 Lexus GS Hybrid
  • 2017 Lexus GS F
  • 2017 Lexus GX
  • 2017 Lexus IS
  • 2017 Lexus LS
  • 2017 Lexus LX
  • 2017 Lexus NX
  • 2017 Lexus RC
  • 2017 Lexus RX
  • 2017 Lexus RX Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Avalon
  • 2017 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Camry
  • 2017 Toyota Camry Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Highlander
  • 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
  • 2017 Toyota Land Cruiser
  • 2017 Toyota Mirai
  • 2017 Toyota Prius
  • 2017 Toyota Prius v
  • 2017 Toyota Prius Prime
  • 2017 Toyota Sequoia
  • 2017 Toyota Sienna

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

Volkswagen Group

The Volkswagen Group also includes the Audi and Porsche brands. These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Audi A3/S3
  • 2017 Audi A6/S6
  • 2017 Audi A7/S7/RS 7
  • 2017 Audi A8/S8
  • 2017 Porsche 718
  • 2017 Porsche 911
  • 2017 Porsche Cayenne
  • 2017 Porsche Macan
  • 2017 Porsche Panamera
  • 2017 Volkswagen CC
  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf R
  • 2017 Volkswagen Jetta
  • 2017 Volkswagen Touareg

These cars suggest self-park steering and adaptive cruise control:

  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf
  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen
  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI
  • 2017 Volkswagen Passat

Audi’s Traffic Jam Assist feature incorporates lane-centering steering and adaptive cruise control. It’s available on these cars:

Audi says a slew of cars – the A3/S3, A6/S6, A7/S7/RS seven and A8/S8 – suggest lane-centering steering with a feature called Active Lane Assist, but it cautions that this feature is less advanced than Traffic Jam Assist, which coordinates steering with acceleration and brakes for what Audi considers SAE Level two status.

Volvo

These cars suggest adaptive cruise control:

These suggest adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

Volvo’s Pilot Assist incorporates lane-centering steering, adaptive cruise control and self-park steering:

Why Isn’t Automatic Emergency Braking or Lane Departure Steering Part of This?

Those systems only take over in very particular – and often emergency – situations, so SAE International doesn’t consider them part of its paradigm. Forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking is an significant safety feature and something most automakers have vowed to include standard by 2022. But it’s not part of the self-driving paradigm. The same goes for corrective steering aids that only nudge the wheel back when you’re drifting out of your lane. Many automakers suggest such steering aids, but SAE told Cars.com in two thousand sixteen that it does not consider them a self-driving feature.

Of course, bona fide lane-centering steering systems vary widely in their effectiveness as well as how long they permit the car to drive without your palms on the wheel. Some require you to hold the wheel every few seconds, while others can go much longer in the right circumstances. Andy Christensen, a senior manager of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research at Nissan’s Technical Center North America, told us in two thousand sixteen that he thought no lane-centering steering systems should qualify as a self-driving feature until they’re good enough to suggest sustained, hands-off control.

Suffice it to say that all of these features vary in effectiveness and usage situations, and at this point, none of them are substitutes for an attentive driver. So pay attention, even if your car can drive itself for certain periods.

Editor’s note: This post was updated March 29, 2017, with extra information from Mini.

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