Autonomous vehicle and a control method

The diesel autonomous vehicle and a control method are disclosed. Autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, the surrounding information acquisition unit for collecting contextual information required for autonomous navigation through a video camera and a laser scanner; A main control unit for controlling the autonomous navigation with reference to the surrounding information collected from the peripheral information acquisition unit; Occupant monitoring unit to transfer to check whether or not the passenger exists within the vehicle via a sensor in said main control unit; And the pilot comprising an engine controller for controlling fuel injection of the driver and the injector of the engine in response to a control command of the main processor, the main processor will do if the said occupant is present and performs pilot injection control, the occupant is not present, the injection control is omitted.