Vehicle and autonomous driving kit

A vehicle capable of autonomous driving, the vehicle comprising:

• an autonomous driving kit attachable to and removable from the vehicle, the autonomous driving kit issuing an instruction for autonomous driving;
• a vehicle platform including a plurality of functional units that perform a plurality of prescribed functions of the vehicle;
• and
• a vehicle interface box that communicates with the autonomous driving kit and issues a control instruction to the functional units in accordance with an instruction from the autonomous driving kit, the autonomous driving kit being connected to the vehicle platform via the vehicle interface box by a controller area network (CAN), wherein
• one of the plurality of functional units is a steering system that steers the vehicle,
• the steering system
• specifies a limit value of a steering rate in accordance with a prescribed reference, and
• transmits the specified limit value to the autonomous driving kit through the vehicle interface box, and
• the autonomous driving kit
• calculates a target steering angle to satisfy the limit value received from the steering system, and
• transmits an instruction for the calculated steering angle to the steering system through the vehicle interface box.