Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for enabling an autonomous driving mode for a mixed-mode vehicle (200) configured to switch between a manual driving mode and an autonomous driving mode, the method comprising: (S1) determining if a geographical position of the vehicle is within a predetermined launch area (LA), characterized in that the method further comprises: (S2) determining if a vehicle user is present aboard the vehicle or not, and (S3) enabling the autonomous driving mode when at least the two following conditions are determined: the geographical position of the vehicle is within the predetermined launch area and a vehicle user is not present aboard the vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a control unit, to a mixed-mode vehicle, to a computer program and to a computer readable medium carrying a computer program.