Systems and methods for providing for manual driving of a vehicle with selectable transition between a two-seat configuration and a four-seat configuration

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing manual driving capabilities to an operator of a vehicle are provided. The systems include a screen within the vehicle configured to selectively transition between closed and open configurations by moving the screen and thereby cover or uncover, respectively, an opening to a compartment of the vehicle, a manual driving apparatus configured to selectively transition between concealed and exposed configurations by moving the manual driving apparatus to be disposed within the compartment or disposed at least partially outside of the compartment, respectively, and a controller configured to transition between autonomous and manual operating modes, wherein while in the autonomous operating mode an automated driving system is configured to perform driving tasks of the vehicle without human intervention, wherein while in the manual operating mode the vehicle is configured to perform the driving tasks based on human interaction with the manual driving apparatus.