Frazer-Nash Consultancy, in partnership with techUK, has produced a new report to outline digital infrastructure requirements to successfully integrate Connected and Autonomous Mobility (CAM) into multi-modal transport systems. The report focuses on the themes of standardisation, using data to gain the most valuable insights, and what successful connectivity might look like, with the aim of providing direction to the UK CAM sector on important steps from now to 2035 to develop digital infrastructure as a CAM enabler.
The techUK Self-Driving Vehicles Working Group brings together individuals and organisations across the sector, to provide thought leadership and steering to Government and industry on the roll-out of Connected and Autonomous Mobility technology and policy in the UK.
The Automated Vehicles Act (2024) aims to place the UK as leaders in regulation of self-driving technology, targeting Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) on UK roads by late 2027. This new report presents the Working Group’s vision for necessary progress and actions to enable the integration of CAM into the UK’s transport system, from a point of view of digital infrastructure. Zenzic reported that the UK can take advantage of strong competitiveness in digital infrastructure, however the UK currently lacks this capability.
The key areas of focus for digital infrastructure recommended by the techUK Self-Driving Vehicles Working Group are summarised as:
- Gaining industry consensus on best practices and potential standards for sharing data to enable enhanced connected AV services as part of MaaS
- Driving standardisation and best practice with the requirements for the right data, at the right time, for the right reasons, to maximise valuable insights gained, and build in adaptability to changing technology whilst enabling rather than stifling technology roll-out across developers and regions
- Measure the success of connectivity on the meeting of service needs, rather than coverage across the country
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