Audi has pledged to commercially release a driverless car within two years.

Company chairman Rupert Stadler revealed at the Urban Future Awards in Berlin that its automated vehicles will hit the road in 2016 at the latest.

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"This will happen, latest 2016," he told T3. "For the piloted driving, Audi is in the lead, and others will follow in one year or two years.

"The importance is that Audi is perceived as a progressive brand, that we really try to engage different stakeholders. And if others will benefit that's fine, that's okay. Where's the problem?"

The automaker has already conducted trials involving driverless cars, and even smashed the speed record for an autonomous vehicle with its R7.

Audi is not the only car manufacturer researching self-driving vehicles, with Mercedes, Volvo, Toyota, and BMW also active in this field, along with tech companies like Google.

Watch the Audi R7 in action below:

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