German carmaker BMW is on track to deliver a self-driving car by 2021, the company’s senior vice president for Autonomous Driving, Elmar Frickenstein, said recently.

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He actually said “We are on the way… to deliver in 2021” and did not say when a driver would still be needed in the ultimate driving machine and on what roads you could remove the steering. 

http://www.autonews.com/article/20170316/MOBILITY/170319877/bmw-says-self-driving-car-to-be-level-5-capable-by-2021 

Frickenstein later clarified that the vehicle they will release that year will only have Level 3 automation.