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4. Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over?

verfasst von : Daniel Sperling, Ellen van der Meer, Susan Pike

Erschienen in: Three Revolutions

Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Abstract

From San Francisco to Shanghai, the car of the future is automated. Automakers and tech companies are racing to develop, test, and bring cars to market with a dizzying array of new information and automation technologies. Every new model year brings more innovation and announcements about the future. But what exactly are these companies bringing to market, and how automated will these cars really be? Do we call them autonomous or automated or driverless, and what does that even mean? Will they really transform transportation as we know it? The spin is confusing and bewildering.

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65
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An extensive review of the benefits and costs of automated vehicles that focuses specifically on policy implications for Minnesota suggests that if Minnesota were to adopt statutes regarding testing of AVs within the state, it could become a testing ground for innovations that address issues AVs have with driving in snow-covered landscapes. Adeel Lari, Frank Douma, and Ify Onyiah, “Self-Driving Vehicles and Policy Implications: Current Status of Autonomous Vehicle Development and Minnesota Policy Implications,” Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 16 (2015): 735–68.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over?
verfasst von
Daniel Sperling
Ellen van der Meer
Susan Pike
Copyright-Jahr
2018
Verlag
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-906-7_4

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