Honda Says Level 3 Autonomous Features to Come Standard on U.S. Models by 2030

Honda announced Wednesday the next generation of its suite of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems—Honda Sensing 360 and Honda Sensing Elite—will arrive in the U.S. in the late 2020s, with the technology coming standard by 2030. With improvement to the AI and expanded sensory range, future Hondas will reach Level 3 autonomy. That’s if Honda can really pull it off.

The Japanese automaker says the new Honda Sensing 360 will come with an expanded sensory range allowing enhanced crash avoidance. Meanwhile, Honda Sensing Elite will allow its drivers to sit through stop-and-go traffic, merge on to a busy freeway or get that perfect park job in the garage without the use of a tennis ball, all hands free.

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There’s a caveat, of course. This announcement that Level 3 will come to American cars is still an indeterminate amount of years away.

“The improved Honda Sensing 360 system will begin rolling out in the 2nd half of the decade and will be standard on all new Honda and Acura models in the U.S. by 2030,” Honda said in its press release.