Jul 29, 2021
Inside a Mazda car with Mazda Co-Pilot

Mazda has long earned a reputation for being a leader in designing and engineering cars that are safe, feature cutting-edge technologies and are fun to drive. Today, as more automakers are moving towards creating autonomous automobiles, Mazda has again taken the lead with a brand new automotive technology called the Mazda Co-Pilot Concept. This is an emerging technology using autonomous driving features to monitor the driver as well as the vehicle’s behavior. Should the driver become incapacitated, the co-pilot can take control, steer the vehicle to a safe location, then call emergency services. 

Mazda Co-Pilot: Currently In Developmentt

The Mazda Co-Pilot concept is still being developed. Mazda has said they are already working on the more advanced Co-Pilot Concept2 that will become available as a standard feature on all types of Mazda automobiles by 2025. It will help to make any type of Mazda that you drive even safer, yet still be fun to drive. Co-pilot will be seamlessly integrated into your Mazda and you will not even notice it’s there unless you or your vehicle are having a problem and need help from the technology. And when you do, it will kick in automatically and can save your life by getting you the support you need to safely get to your destination.

Autonomy, Not Automation

Automobile enthusiasts love the cars, trucks and SUVs Mazda engineers designs and builds because they love to hear the roar of their engines and feel the vibration of the road beneath their tires. They are not looking to get a hands-off, chauffeured ride. Well, the Mazda Co-Pilot concept isn’t introducing fully automated driving. Instead, the technology will enable you to continue to enjoy the thrill of hitting the open road as well as the peace of mind autonomous technologies afford you. The co-pilot technology is intended to help you navigate your way through emergency situations. Mazda’s co-pilot is a “human-centered” autonomous solution that keeps the fun in driving while helping to keep all the roads much safer for everyone.

An Accident-Free Society

Co-pilot is among Mazda’s latest human-oriented safety technologies designed to create an accident-free society. Once deployed, it detects sudden changes in the driver’s physical condition and switches to autonomous driving. It’s an early step in Mazda’s introduction of their initiative called Large Products from 2022 and signals Mazda’s progress in developing advanced technologies to provide connected services as well as software technologies that will form the foundation of the company’s next-generation mobility services that help make the roads accident-free.

Mazda Co-Pilot Processes Data Quickly 

Mazda’s co-pilot system uses their new, innovative next-generation Electric/Electronic Architecture enabling it to quickly process data and instantly take control of the vehicle when necessary. Plus, it utilizes a next-generation in-vehicle communication system jointly developed by five Japanese OEM companies. It’s designed to help to give safer, stress-free connected services. Mazda’s co-pilot system is part of their new product and technology development initiative called ‘Sustainable Zoom Zoom 2030’. The Seacoast Mazda staff can answer any questions you have about the co-pilot system.