News
Sign up to our regular newsflash and get the latest on connected and automated driving
Three European cities to participate in Bloomberg Aspen Initiative
London, Helsinki and Paris will be part of a new initiative to prepare urban areas for the challenges and opportunities of autonomous driving. The Bloomberg Aspen Initiative on Cities and Autonomous V...
New factsheet library by US Department of Transportation
The ITS Programme of the United States Department of Transportation as prepared an extensive library of all its factsheets on connected and automated driving. In over 50 publications, the library...
Apply as TRA Young Researcher
The Transport Research ARA (TRA) 2018, which will take place in Vienna the coming April, is organising a competition for young researchers under the title "TRA Visions". It is aimed at those currently...
Third issue of #EUGoesDriverless published
The Connected and Automated Driving in Europe Initiative has published the third issue of the #EUGoesDriverless newsletter. It provides you with updates on issues related to the mobility of the futur...
SCOUT project outlines context for automated driving
The European SCOUT project prepared a context map for Connected and Automated Driving. This map describes the trends, factors and uncertainties that impact the project's vision for automated driving i...
Debating the future of transportation
On 5 and 6 July, stakeholders in connected and automated driving assembled in Cologne for the Future of Transportation World Conference. The event tackled the time frame between 2020 and 2030, analysi...
Austrian lessons on automated driving
The Austrian automation project WienZWA, which ran for the first half of this year, published the results of its breakout sessions recently. In an innovative visual form, the posters unfold a narrativ...
Two new publications on AUTOPILOT
The Commission-funded AUTOPILOT project, which progresses autonomous driving by means of the Internet of Things (IoT), has featured in two publications recently. In May, the Baltic Transport Journa...
Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium
The Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium, held in Stuttgart on 20-22 June 2017, has brought together the world’s leading engineers in the field of autonomous vehicle research, testing...
ACEA released EU Roadmap for Truck Platooning
The document provides an overview of the steps that are necessary to implement multi-brand platooning before 2025. This roadmap shows when, and under which conditions, truck platooning can be introduc...
European Commission publishes agenda for the future of mobility
On May 31st the European Commission published the communication “Europe on the Move - An agenda for a socially fair transition towards clean, competitive and connected mobility for all". It is a lon...
Connectivity and automation: latest development, future challenges
On Wednesday, 21.06, ERTICO organised an event on the latest developments and future challenges of connected automation. The Special Interest Session took place during the 12th ITS European Congress...
Diversity of international CAD activities in Strasbourg
On Monday, 19.06, CARTRE coordinating partner ERTICO organised an event on “International activities and pilots on connected and automated driving” at the 12th ITS European Congress in Strasbourg....
New roadmap on automated driving
The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) has presented its new roadmap on automated driving at the 12th ITS European Congress in Strasbourg. The EU-funded CARTRE and SCOUT projec...
Digital infrastructure for automated vehicles
Yesterday, CAD partner CARTRE organised a Special Interest Session on "Digital infrastructure for automated vehicles" at the 12th ITS European Congress in Strasbourg. Jaap Vreeswijk of MAP Traffic Man...
European Commission supports L3Pilot
At the 12th ITS European Congress, which is taking place this week in Strasbourg, the European Commission has awarded a cheque of €35,960,979 million to the L3Pilot Project. The funding will be awar...
Driverless vehicles are the future of road transport
The European Commission has released an overview of its recent EU-funded support action VRA (Vehicle and Road Automation network). The Commission reports that the project has contributed significa...
US DoT publishes factsheet on security system
On 13 June, the US Department of Transportation published a factsheet on its security credential management system (SCMS). The Security Credential Management System (SCMS) is a proof-of-concept secu...
Commission identifies policy gaps on public support for CAD
On 9 June, the European Commission's DG Growth published a new study on public support measures for connected and automated driving. It analyses the existing and planned public support and regulatory...
New INFRAMIX Project Started
The INFRAMIX project was launched last week: 11 European companies and institutions, leaders in innovation for the automotive and the road sector, gathered in Vienna, Austria, to share and discuss act...
New Study on Digital Mobility Published
A new study by consulting firm PwC and the Institute of Transport Research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) examines and ranks the 25 most-populated German cities in their progress towards digital...
Upcoming European ITS Congress
From 19 to 22 June 2017, the 12th ITS European Congress will take in Strasbourg. One of the hottest topics in ITS today are connected and automated vehicles and their role in the transport ecosystem....
Second issue of #EUGoesDriverless published
The Connected and Automated Driving in Europe Initiative has published the second issue of the #EUGoesDriverless quarterly newsletter. The newsletter provides you with updates on issues related t...
Impact Assessment Framework for Automatisation
The Impact Assessment Sub-Group of the European-US-American-Japanese Trilateral ART Working Group, led by Satu Innamaa (VTT), Scott Smith (US DOT) and Nobuyuki Uchida (JARI), has published a draft ver...
12-13 June: C-ART Stakeholder Workshop and Streaming
The Stakeholders' Workshop on Challenges & Opportunities of Coordinated Automated Road Transport (C-ART) will take place on 12-13 June at Rue Philippe Lebon, 1-3, 1000 Brussels. The Workshop is or...
How could the transition to driverless trucks happen
The International Transport Forum published a new report on driverless trucks on 31 May 2017. The report was written together with the International Road Transport Unions, the International Transport...
Workshop on Automation Pilots on Public Roads
On 18 May 2017, 33 experts from all over Europe met at the ERTICO premise in Brussels for a workshop on "Automation Pilots on Public Roads", which was organised by the European Commission. This Works...
CAD Survey: Have a say on the Conference!
The 1st European CAD Conference 'Connected and Automated Driving – Together, shaping the future' was an incredible success. This event brought together more than 600 attendees. If you attended...
1st European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving (CAD)
Connected and automated cars hold the promise to significantly improve road safety, decrease fuel consumption (and with that, lower emissions), reduce congestion and provide more comfort to passengers...
Stakeholder Survey: Data and Evidence to Share from Automated Driving Tests
CARTRE has recently launched a questionnaire to assess stakeholders' opinions concerning: High-priority research needs for large-scale tests Sharing data and evidence from publicly funded test...
First issue of #EUGoesDriverless published
The Connected and Automated Driving in Europe initiative has published the first issue of the #EUGoesDriverless quarterly newsletter. This newsletter is the first issue of a series providing you w...
Annual symposium on the future networked car
How are the automotive and ICT industries advancing in the field of automated and connected vehicles? What are the long-term implications for both industries? What are the business, technological an...
EU Member States Initiate Large-Scale Automated Transportation Tests
During a meeting on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Austria and 21 other EU countries decided to set up collective large-scale tests invol...
The 6th OADF brings autonomous driving players together
Brussels, 16 February 2017 – More than 100 international stakeholders met at the 6th Open Auto Drive Forum to discuss the latest cross-domain topics in the area of autonomous driving The 6th mee...
European Truck Platooning Challenge
During its Presidency of the European Union in 2016, the Netherlands has initiated a European Truck Platooning Challenge. Six brands of automated trucks - DAF Trucks, Daimler Trucks, Iveco, MAN Truck...
Autonomous car tech on display at CES 2017
Autonomous cars are taking a central role at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, reports Bloomberg. More than 130 companies that provide some sort of automotive technology will be present at the s...
Connected and Automated Driving Conference
The European Commission, with the support of the EC-funded projects CARTRE and SCOUT, is pleased to announce its First European Conference on 'Connected and Automated Driving'. Transforming challen...
FOT – Net Data final event
The FOT-Net Data project has concluded its work with a final event in collaboration with CARTRE project that has taken place in Brussels on 14 and 15 December 2016. The first day of the final event...
What is Truck Platooning?
Truck Platooning comprises a number of trucks equipped with state-of-the-art driving support systems – one closely following the other. This forms a platoon with the trucks driven by smart technolog...
AUTOPILOT AUTOmated driving Progressed by Internet Of Things
Call: H2020 – IOT-1-2016 – Pilot 5 - Autonomous vehicles in a connected environment Abstract: Automated driving is expected to increase safety, provide more comfort and create many new bus...
CARTRE workshop on large-scale automation pilots
The European Commission, supported by the CARTRE consortium, organised a workshop on “large-scale automation pilots on public roads in Europe” on 16 December 2016 in Brussels. The participants...
Welcome to Connected and Automated Driving
This platform brings together more than 60 organisations under the lead of the European Commission to support the European Union’s ambition to remain a leader in the field of connected and automated...
BMW seeks to be ‘coolest’ ride-hailing firm with autonomous car
BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Uber , which have spent billions on pay-per-use personal transport. The German carmaker wil...
Autonomoose is the First Driverless Car on Canada’s Roads
As of June, not even a single company had signed on to Canada’s autonomous vehicle test program. That finally changed, and just days ago the Autonomoose rolled onto Ontario roads for its first real-...
Otto to Test Autonomous Rig in Ohio
Ohio is the next venue for autonomous truck tests by Otto, the Uber-owned development company that made a well-reported driverless beer delivery in Colorado several weeks ago. An Otto vehicle was s...
European Automotive-Telecom Alliance launched by 37 partners
Paris, Brussels, 30 September 2016 – At a Round Table on Connected and Automated Driving initiated and chaired by Günther H. Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, the au...
