{"id":189457,"date":"2026-07-09T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=189457"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:20:49","slug":"level-4-autonomous-driving-maserati-gets-belgian-highway-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/level-4-autonomous-driving-maserati-gets-belgian-highway-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 4 autonomous driving Maserati gets Belgian highway permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fully autonomous driving Maserati Granturismo from AIdoptation has been granted permission to legally cruise the E313 and E314 at 120 km\/h. At the same time, the person in the driver&#8217;s seat does something else entirely. This is the first time that Level 4 driving has been permitted on public roads anywhere in Europe. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tesla has been dominating the news lately, as it was given authorization to deploy Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in Flanders. And in Germany, Mercedes is allowed to operate its limousines on hands-off mode in limited circumstances, such as traffic jams.<\/p>\n<h4>No driver intervention required<\/h4>\n<p>AIdoptation, an American start-up with headquarters in Sint-Truiden, is taking things one step further. After the company test-drove its Level 4 system on a closed course, it is now moving to public roads. De Tijd unveiled the news. Flanders&#8217; greenlighting of the technology is a European first.<\/p>\n<p>Level 4 means that the Maserati GranTurismo from AIdoptation is capable of performing the driving task without the driver needing to pay close attention. This makes a significant difference with the lower levels, where driver intervention and responsibility are still required under all circumstances.<\/p>\n<h4>Pre-mapped stretch<\/h4>\n<p>However, the self-driving Maserati isn\u2019t granted free rein. Its operating field is limited to a pre-mapped stretch of 100 kilometers on the E313 and E314, and the car \u2013 obviously \u2013 must comply with the maximum speed limit of 120 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>Although the vehicle can drive the trajectory entirely on its own, a backup driver will be present at all times. The testing on public roads remains within the realm of prototype calibration. It\u2019s not a commercial product (yet).<\/p>\n<p>To De Tijd, AIdoptation CEO Paul Mitchell said the permission took one year to materialize. He notes that the Belgian authorities focused on two areas: safety and data protection. Where exactly the car&#8217;s sensor data goes, who owns them, and how it is shielded were evidently as important as the lidar stack itself, which governs the car.<\/p>\n<h4>Why is the highway challenging?<\/h4>\n<p>One is inclined to think that the active cruise control systems of current-generation cars can come close to, or even replicate, the behavior of the AIdoptation car, as highway driving is a much less complex environment than bustling cities, where unexpected behavior from pedestrians or cyclists poses bigger hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>AIdoptation engineer Louis Jacobs disagrees with that point of view. According to him, the system must process more data faster and react quicker at 120 km\/h. A stalled truck or a sudden lane closure does not forgive a slow decision.<\/p>\n<p>Reality confirms this point of view. Waymo, the Google-backed robotaxi company operating in the US, voluntarily banned robotaxi operations on freeways because its cars struggle to detect roadwork.<\/p>\n<h4>A long way coming<\/h4>\n<p>But higher speeds are a specialty of American AIdoptation. The choice of a Maserati GranTurismo, which couldn\u2019t be further from the concept of an automated people mover, reflects this.<\/p>\n<p>AIdoptaion is a commercial spin-off from the Indy Autonomous Challenge, the American nonprofit that spent years breaking speed records with university-built autonomous race cars. Their latest autonomous top speed is 318 km\/h, as recorded during tests at Cape Canaveral. Their roots lie in racing, not mobility.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maybe the strongest victory is that Flanders has taken the European lead in legally enabling the development of advanced-level autonomous driving on its roads.<\/p>\n<p>This ambition stems from the former Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Anders), who developed a detailed roadmap for autonomous driving back in 2023 to beat the United Kingdom in speed and catch up with the robotaxi evolution in the US and China.<\/p>\n<p>Though this plan targeted commercial operations as of 2026, it cleared the way for investment and for the testing that AIdoptation now begins performing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fully autonomous driving Maserati Granturismo from AIdoptation has been granted permission to legally cruise the E313 and E314 at 120 km\/h. At the same time, the person in the driver&#8217;s seat does something else entirely. 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At the same time, the person in the driver&#8217;s seat does something else entirely. This is the first time that Level 4 driving has been permitted on public roads anywhere in Europe. \u00a0 Tesla has been dominating the news lately, as it was given authorization to deploy Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in Flanders. And in Germany, Mercedes is allowed to operate its limousines on hands-off mode in limited circumstances, such as traffic jams. No driver intervention required AIdoptation, an&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/autonomous-driving\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Autonomous driving<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/europe\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/road-safety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Road safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/usa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">USA<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Piet Andries","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/author\/piet-andriesgmail-com\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Level 4 autonomous driving Maserati gets Belgian highway permit - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/level-4-autonomous-driving-maserati-gets-belgian-highway-permit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Level 4 autonomous driving Maserati gets Belgian highway permit - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A fully autonomous driving Maserati Granturismo from AIdoptation has been granted permission to legally cruise the E313 and E314 at 120 km\/h. 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