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Networked and Automated Driving - Megatrends and Challenges for the Automotive Industry

Marko Gustke
Senior Consultant
Coordination Center Connected and Automated Driving
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

Automation and connectivity are an important step on the road to future mobility eliminating accidents, traffic jams and pollution while transporting passengers and freight in a safe, efficient, stress-free and comfortable way. In conjunction with increasing performance of collection, transfer and processing of information vehicle functions assuming increasing parts of the driving task can be developed. Thus the driver will receive support and relief in either overburdened or insufficiently challenged situations. To start with, we may expect automated driving functions for not very complex traffic situations (i. e. driving on highways and in traffic queues) or traffic situations with low velocity (i. e. parking). In this sense this talk will give an overview of significant action fields.