Jointly developing the smart cars and cities of tomorrow

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The speed and standard at which driverless vehicles and the supporting infrastructure are developed and deployed will be one of the tests for making the world’s leading cities fit for future mobility writes

Rob Capaldi, Commercial Manager for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) at HORIBA MIRA.

Smart city initiatives are developing at a rapid pace around the world in a bid to improve every aspect of our lives – from how our power and water supply networks make use of smart metering, to incorporating the Internet of Everything into waste management systems, schools, and hospitals.

Within this vision of smarter and connected cities, there’s no doubt of the key role mobility will play – the concept of CAM considers the movement of people and how to improve every component of a journey by connecting autonomous vehicles with the enabling infrastructure.

The UK government has set in place plans to be a frontrunner in the development and commercialisation of CAVs. It aims to have CAVs on the roads by 20211 and it’s not hard to understand why – it’s estimated the UK market for connected and automated vehicles will be worth £52bn by 20352.

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