Travel Assist integrates several systems and functions to make driving easier and increase comfort on the road. In the Peaq, Travel Assist 3.0 can automatically stop and restart, keep the car in lane, assist in start-stop traffic, and display surrounding traffic on the instrument cluster. Advanced Adaptive Lane Assist supports both longitudinal and lateral guidance across the entire speed range. In addition, Travel Assist 3.0 can respond to traffic lights and road signs by automatically bringing the vehicle to a stop, supported by daily online updates of traffic-sign data.

The Predictive Cruise Control expands the Adaptive Cruise Control’s functions. In addition to monitoring traffic ahead, it also processes recognised travel signs and speed limits stored in the navigation system. This enables it to adjust speed in good time, for example when approaching a bend, roundabout, or junction, or in response to speed limits.

An image-processing module searches scanned images for known traffic signs and compares the results with the navigation data. The system processes speed limit signs, no-overtaking signs, no-entry signs on one-way streets, and any supplementary instructions, as well as associated signs indicating the end of restrictions, and then displays them to the driver. With Traffic Signs Online, the system is also enhanced with online data that is continuously updated using information from vehicles that have previously travelled along the same section of road.

This system works in conjunction with a camera to recognise lane markings on the road, including yellow lines during roadworks, traffic cones, and other roadside or lane borders. The enhanced “Adaptive” variant (available only as part of Travel Assist) means that the system intervenes to keep the vehicle on the selected path within the traffic lane, so the car does not “weave”.

Traffic Jam Assist makes driving in traffic jams easier. It draws on the Adaptive Cruise Control and Adaptive Lane Assist to start, brake, and steer the car to copy the movement of surrounding vehicles in a traffic jam.

Emergency Assist can help reduce the risk of an incident if the driver becomes unresponsive. If Adaptive Lane Assist detects that the driver is not holding the steering wheel even after a warning alert, Emergency Assist is activated and can move the Peaq into a slower lane or, where possible, even the hard shoulder, before bringing the vehicle to a controlled stop.