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EU Commission drives home merits of autonomous vehicles Can driverless cars chauffeur people to a love of the EU? The European Commission is betting it can. Christmas came early for automated driving enthusiasts this week. Convening a two-day summit in Brussels on the subject – the first of its kind – the European Commission promised a sack of goodies in the form of dedicated funding, regulatory changes, cross-border agreements and innovation stimulus. Driverless trucks could be a reality on European motorways within two years,... [Lire la suite]

European Roadmap Smart Systems for Automated Driving 1 Introduction Smart components and their systems integration, traditional strengths of the European high technology industries, more and more develop into key enabling technologies (KET) for innovative products and applications [2]. This trend has been most obvious in the automotive sector for many years, where driver assistance systems enabled breakthroughs in road and passenger safety, energy efficiency and emission reduction [3]. Further along this path, higher degrees of road... [Lire la suite]