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The two prototypes are equipped with BMW ActiveAssist, which "will make a significant contribution to bringing the vision of safe and accident-free mobility another step closer to reality."

BMW has been working on this ActiveAssist system for long time now, and in 2009, it unveiled its first Track Trainer research project that it successfully tested around the Nürburgring race track. Then, in 2011, BMW developed a new test vehicle capable of traveling 40 miles of accelerating, braking and overtaking other cars without any driver intervention at speeds of up to 81 mph.

Updated 1/7/2014 @ 3:30 p.m.: BMW just released a video showing the s Series ConnectedDrive getting its track shakedown on. Needless to say, watching this Bimmer drift itself is freaking awesome!

Now BMW announced that it is working on its first fleet trial of highly automated models and hope to have it ready for 2015. Also, starting in 2020, BMW hopes to offer highly automated driving in series-produced vehicles.

Click past the jump to read more about BMW's new ConnectedDrive technology.

BMW's ConnectedDrive Technology

The prototypes unveiled at the 2014 CES were equipped with lots of technologies that allowed them to drive at high speeds and perform slalom runs with exceptional precision, regardless of the friction coefficient of the road surface.

The two prototypes also made optimum use of the potential of both engine and chassis even when provoked to oversteer.

What's even cooler about these two prototypes is that they don't keep a constant speed on a predetermined target line. Rather, they adjust their speed depending on the road surface and respond intelligently, as required.