Red Light, Green Light - Automated Driving Takes The Wheel

Today, at the HAVEit Final Event, 17 partners from the European automotive industry and scientific community, including EPFL, are set to demonstrate the highly automated future of driving. The EU funded project aims at increasing driving safety, improving efficiency and boosting the European automotive industry in the international market. An automated vehicle drives through a narrow construction site, and the driver does not steer, accelerate or brake one single time. Another car passes the vehicle in front of it, after the driver pushes the appropriate button. A truck recognizes a traffic jam and automatically slows down. All of these highly automated driving features have been developed through the collaboration of the European automotive industry and scientific community, with an eye toward making driving safer, more environmentally-friendly and more comfortable. The developments will be presented today and tomorrow at the Final Event of the EU funded research project HAVEit ("Highly automated vehicles for intelligent transport") in Borås (Sweden) and at the nearby Hällered Volvo test track.