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Level III Automated Technology at a Stand Still
In 2017, AUDI installed a Level III automation in their A8 sedans that allowed human drivers to relieve themselves from the boredom of stop and go traffic. Called Traffic Jam Pilot, the system was tho...
BSI Launches CAV Standards Programme
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has partnered with the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, The Department for Transport, Innovate UK and Zenzic to launch a standardisation programme...
National Risk Assessments: Security of 5G Networks
The Commission released two recommendations in an effort to create a common European approach to the security of 5G networks.The first step is for all Member States to submit a national risk assessmen...
‘Out of the Loop’: Can AD Make Us Worse Drivers?
Autonomous technology is rapidly evolving, with vehicles capable of using self-driving functions expected to be available on the market over the next few years. Recent research conducted by the Unive...
HEADSTART Technical Workshop
EU funded project HEADSTART is organising its first Technical Workshop on testing and assessment methods, tools and approaches for positioning, cyber-security and communication (V2X) in Connected and...
Expert Group Releases Recommendations on AI Policy
Ethics Guideline for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence II On 26 June the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence released its policy recommendations on the latest version of the Ethics G...
European Commission Releases the EU Cybersecurity Act
On 27 June, the EU Cybersecurity Act set a new mandate for ENISA (the EU agency for cybersecurity) and established a cybersecurity certification framework. The act was passed in order to improve cyber...
HEADSTART Launches Six Online Surveys
The HEADSTART (Harmonised European Solutions for Testing Automated Road Transport) project is calling all stakeholders in connected automated mobility to participate in their online surveys and contri...
CAD at the ITS European Congress
From 3 to 6 June 2019, the 13th ITS European Congress took place in the city of Eindhoven and had Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) as one of the main topics. This important event, entirely dedic...
The 13th ITS European Congress
The theme of this years 13th ITS European Congress was "Fulfilling ITS Promises". The week long congress organised by ERTICO took place in Brainport, the Netherlands from 2 to 6 of June and included h...
Stakeholder Workshop: From Space to Earth & Back
Autonomous mobility experts are at the forefront of space standardisation development. Space technologies provide a unique opportunity to make its system safer, efficient and more accurate. On 24 June...
European Commission Launches CCAM Single Platform
On 3 June, the European Commission presented its EU-wide platform at its Friends of ITS meeting. The Cooperative, Connected, Automated and Autonomous Mobility (CCAM) Single Platform consists of an inf...
JRC Report: The Future of Road Transport
Implications of Automated, Connected, Low-carbon and Shared Mobility On 21 June, the EC hosted a launch event for a recent publication from the Joint Research Centre on the future of mobility. Titled...
Humanist VCE to Host its Biennial Summer School
Humanist Virtual Centre of Excellence (VCE) is a consortium of members consisting of universities, research institutions and research intensive companies. Established in 2007 in Lyon, France, Humanist...
EUCAD 2019: Europe takes the lead
The second European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving entitled “Connected Automated Driving: Europe takes the lead” has taken place in Brussels on 2 and 3 April 2019. The event was co-...
ARCADE Joint CAD Network Stakeholder Workshop
The second ARCADE Joint CAD Network Stakeholder Workshop took place on 4 April following the EUCAD 2019 conference in Brussels. It attracted more than 120 participants, representing a total of 40 proj...
Trustworthy AI? The European Ethics Guidelines
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as a tool that can be used to serve humanity and the public good, with the aim to increase collective and individual well-being. For people to confidently gain the...
EUCAD 2019 Participants: Your Opinion Matters
Under the theme ‘Connected Automated Driving: Europe takes the lead’, the 2nd European Conference on Connected Automated Driving, EUCAD 2019 took place on 2-3 April 2019. This high-level event bro...
Connected Automated Driving Roadmap (Version 8)
With the objective of providing a joint stakeholder view on the development of Connected Automated Driving (CAD) in Europe, ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) has been actively...
Getting Ready for EUCAD 2019 Demonstrations
The European Conference on Connected Automated Driving, EUCAD 2019 taking place on 2-3 April 2019, will be an excellent opportunity to showcase some of the last advances in autonomous driving technolo...
European User-centric Innovation Projects at the EUCAD 2019
Taking place just one month before European elections, EUCAD 2019 will convey a strong message to citizens: their acceptance is key to the success of CAD. We highlight three EU projects, which engage...
CORDIS Results Pack on CAD published
Connected Automated Driving (CAD) offers enormous benefits to society, bringing down the number of road fatalities, reducing harmful emissions and improving traffic flow. Aiming at addressing these ch...
Europe moves forward with the deployment of C-ITS on Europe’s roads
Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) connect all road users and traffic managers allowing coordination of their actions and making roads safer and more efficient. To continue progressing...
Become Member of The Single Platform for Open Road Testing and Pre-deployment of CAD
On 17 May 2018, the European Commission adopted the Communication called ‘On the road to automated mobility: An EU strategy for mobility of the future’ where it announced its intention to establis...
UNECE Underlines Need for Uniform Approach for CAD
For the 81st session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Inland Transport Committee (ITC), which was held in Geneva from 19 - 22 February 2019, 400 representatives of govern...
Take Part in the AVENUE 21 Survey on CAD
The two-year project AVENUE 21, which came to an end last year in October, is conducting a final survey about the relevance of CAD for urban development. This is already the second round of the surve...
The Netherlands Ranked First in KPMG Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI)
Consultancy KPMG International recently published their Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI). The aim of the index is to rank 20 countries on their ability to develop and implement autonomous dr...
Your Opinion Matters: Survey About Automated Driving
As it has already been explained before, automated driving is expected to increase safety, provide more comfort and create many new business opportunities for mobility services. Automated driving w...
EUCAD2019: Registration is open
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Second European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving (EUCAD), jointly organised by the European Commission and EU project ARCA...
ARCADE & ERTRAC Workshop on “Connectivity and Automated Driving”
ARCADE CAD Stakeholder Network and ERTRAC Working Group on “Connectivity and Automated Driving” On 5-6 February, the Joint Stakeholder Workshop consisting of the ARCADE CAD Network & ERTRAC...
Report: The UK’s Driverless Future
When will connected and automated vehicles be commercially available in the UK? What benefits can the UK public expect? A report published in January 2019 by Innovate UK's funded project Smart Mobili...
CAD: Europe Must Take The Lead, MEP says
European People's Party's (EPP) Wim van de Camp, who is the EPP Group’s Spokesman for Transport, believes that Europe should be the leading actor in CAD related matters. Indeed, in his report on au...
The European Approach on Artificial Intelligence
Appointed by the European Commission in June 2018 as part of the European approach on artificial intelligence, the High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’s (AI HLEG) general objective is...
More autonomous cars – less car ownership?
Several studies, such as a report on autonomous vehicles in Australia, released by Austroads, show the beneficial impacts that automated driving has on various areas. Some highlight the negative corre...
How to plan FOTs for automated driving: the 7th Version of the FESTA Handbook
FESTA (Field opErational teSts supporT Action) was a project that included a consortium of European experts with a wide range of skills to allow the development of "best-practice" handbooks which gu...
Launch of three 5G Corridor trial projects
Three projects (5GCroco, 5G-Carmen, 5G-Mobix) that aim at setting up trial 5G networks along four cross-border corridors were presented on 5 December at the ICT 2018 in Vienna. Metz-Merzig-Luxembourg...
VEDECOM Online training module on CAD
It goes without saying that connected and automated vehicles are at the forefront of the international scene. Regularly, manufacturers, laboratories and territories make announcements on the developme...
Enabling safe and fast transition towards CAD
How can ICT infrastructure be provided to enable the transition towards road transport automation? To discuss this and other challenges of automated road transport, the ICT4CART consortium met at the...
DRIVEN autonomous vehicle trials to start before Christmas
'Innovate UK'-backed project DRIVEN recently announced that it will start trials of autonomous vehicles on London’s roads. The vehicles are expected to drive autonomously by Christmas of this year....
ARCADE present at the CEN CENELEC Workshop
The European Committee for Standartization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standartization (CENELEC) jointly organised a one-day stakeholder workshop entitled “Urban Autonomou...
Study: US and Europe leaders in CAD innovation
The European Patent Office (EPO), in co-operation with EUCAR, has carried out a study providing a broader picture on patent applications in the field of connected and automated driving. As a more dive...
Deployment of autonomous taxis in Israel by 2022
Under the project name “New Mobility in Israel”, Volkswagen, in cooperation with two Israeli technology companies, have launched an autonomous taxi service. It will be implemented in Israel in ear...
CONCORDA: Towards automated driving on European motorways
Launched in October 2017, the CONCORDA (Connected Corridor for Driving Automation) project works towards the preparation of European motorways for automated driving and high-density truck platooning....
Researchers publish results of The Moral Machine
If a self-driving vehicle is driving along the road and something – a child, an adult or an animal – suddenly steps out in front of it, what should it do? Should it swerve to avoid the pedestrian...
Swedish Transport Agency allows use of self-driving Volvo cars
Volvo, one of the leading partners of the CAD initiative, has got the permission from Swedish Transport Agency to test their self-driving cars on the streets in the Gothenburg area. With this allowanc...
Public Consultation on Connected and Automated Driving
The European Commission recently launched a public consultation on how Europe should build trust in connected and automated mobility services. The consultation that will be open until 4 December 2018...
Become an Effective CAD Contributor
ARCADE, a new EU-funded project that aims to coordinate consensus-building and cooperation across stakeholders for a safe and harmonised deployment of Connected and Automated Driving (CAD), invites st...
SCOUT Deliverables Published
The “Safe and COnnected AUtomation in Road Transport” (SCOUT) project, a coordination and support action funded by the European Commission with the objective of promoting a common roadmap for the...
