From
the
Editors
The AV
ecosystem
is
fast
gaining
momentum
and we
at
CAVCOE
have
been
very
busy.
The
result,
unfortunately,
is
that
we are
seriously
behind
in
preparing
and
publishing
AV
Update.
Our
apologies
to all
of you
for
this.
The
solution
is
that
we are
very
pleased
to
announce
that
Geetansh
Kakkar
has
been
appointed
Editor
of AV
Update,
effective
this
issue.
Our
congratulations
to
Geetansh.
This
is a
great
step
forward
that
will
help
to
keep
all of
you up
to
speed
in a
timely
fashion
on all
the
very
exciting
developments
in the
AV
space.
The
Insurance
Institute
of
Canada
has
published
a
report
on
Automated
Vehicles:
Implications
for
the
Insurance
Industry
in
Canada.This
report
assesses
the
development
of
automated
vehicles,
their
deployment
on
Canadian
roads
within
the
next
5-10
years,
and
raises
many
questions
for
the
insurance
industry.
The
Insurance
Institute
says
that
it is
important
for
the
insurance
industry
to
begin
now to
prepare
for
the
extensive
changes
that
AVs
are
expected
to
bring
to the
industry.
Barrie
Kirk
was
pleased
to be
a
speaker
on the
panel
at the
event
launching
the
report.
The
free
report
is
available
here.
CAVCOE
wants
to
give a
shout-out
to the
insurance
industry.
Through
the
CAVCOE
Speakers
Bureau,
we
speak
at
many
public
and
private
events
each
month,
and we
receive
far
more
speaking
requests
from
the
insurance
industry
than
from
any
other
public
or
private
segment
of the
economy.
This
is
excellent
and
shows
that
the
insurance
industry
is at
the
forefront
in
preparing
for
the
disruptive
impacts
of
AVs.
AV
Related
Events
An
inaugural
AV
Networking
Breakfast
was
held
in
Ottawa
on
March
30,
2016.
The
organizing
committee
comprised
CAVCOE,
City
of
Ottawa,
Invest
Ottawa,
Kanata
North
Business
Improvement
Association,
National
Research
Council,
and
Unmanned
Systems
Canada.
The
turn-out
was
excellent.
The MC
was
Jenna
Sudds
(Kanata
North
BIA),
and
the
two
speakers,
Barrie
Kirk
(CAVCOE)
and
John
Wall
(QNX)
described
different
aspects
of the
AV
space.
Bruce
Lazenby
of
Invest
Ottawa
moderated
the
discussion
session.
We are
now
planning
the
next
steps
for
this
Ottawa-area
cluster
so
that
hardware
and
software
suppliers
can
cooperate,
innovate
and
become
part
of the
massive
global
AV
supply
chain.
If you
are
interested
and
want
to be
on our
mailing
list,
please
write
to
Barrie
Kirk (
bkirk@cavcoe.com).
Automated
Vehicles:
Planning
the
Next
Disruptive
Technology
is the
name
of an
excellent
conference
that
was
held
in
Toronto,
Canada
on
April
19-20,
2016.
Organized
by the
Conference
Board
of
Canada,
with
support
from
CAVCOE,
it
attracted
a
large
number
of
attendees
from
all
levels
of
government,
the
private
sector
and
academia.
Two
reports
on the
conference
have
been
published,
one by
Driverless
Transportation
and
one in
Thinking
Highways..
The
Group
of
Seven
Industrialized
Nations
(G7)
leaders
met at
the
annual
summit
in the
last
week
of
May,
2016.
Canadian
Prime
Minister
Justin
Trudeau
and
Italian
Prime
Minister
Matteo
Renzi
both
rode
in the
back
of the
self-drive
cars
being
developed
by
Japanese
manufacturers.
Prime
Minister
Abe of
Japan
hopes
to
unveil
a
self-drive
service
in
time
for
the
2020
Tokyo
Olympics.
Here’s
the
Mirror
article
to
read
more
about
it.
In
Feb
2016,
Barrie
Kirk
(CAVCOE)
wrote
an
article
for
The
Globe
and
Mail.
The
article
talks
about
the
convergence
of
three
upcoming
game
changers,
autonomous,
connected
and
electric
vehicles,
and
makes
some
recommendations
for
the
government
to
leverage
the
benefits
of
these
technologies.
The
Automakers,
Tier1s
and AV
Developers
General
Motors
Co (
GM.N)
President
Dan
Ammann
recently
said
that
the
Detroit
automaker
has "a
lot of
the
pieces
in
place
now"
to
develop
ride
sharing
businesses,
autonomous
vehicles
and
services
that
rely
on
both.
Since
the
beginning
of
this
year,
GM has
invested
$500
million
in
ride-hailing
service
Lyft,
acquired
self-driving
vehicle
technology
startup
Cruise
Automation
and
continued
a push
to
equip
new
vehicles
with
high-speed
mobile
internet
connections,
expanded
its
R&D
with
Honda,
Volkswagen,
and
Mobileye,
and
assembled
a
dedicated
new
team
of
senior
AV
engineers.
Further
details
on
these
partnerships
can be
found
in
this
Reuters
article.
GM and
Lyft
plan
to
begin
putting
self-driving
cabs
to the
test
sometime
within
the
next
year.
According
to
The
Wall
Street
Journal,
the
companies
intend
to put
Chevrolet
Bolts
on the
road
in a
yet-to-be-named
city,
where
they'll
actually
be
picking
up
Lyft
passengers.
General
Motors
Canada
recently
announced
its
plan
to
hire
as
many
as
1,000
additional
engineers,
giving
a
strong
boost
to its
research
and
development
activities
in
Canada.
The
move
will
give
Canada
a
bigger
slice
of the
billions
of
dollars
General
Motors
Co.
and
the
world’s
auto
makers
are
spending
on the
vehicles
of the
future
–
autonomous
vehicles,
connected
vehicles
that
will
be an
extension
of an
office
or
home
and
electric
and
fuel-cell
powered
vehicles
with
lower
emissions
and
improved
fuel
economy.
The
full
Globe
and
Mail
article
can be
found
here.
In
March
2016,
Transdev
put
into
service
the
first
100%
electric
autonomous
shuttle
service
in
Civaux,
France.
The
shuttle
(see
photo
above)
operates
on a
circuit
of
2400m,
can
carry
12
passengers
and
run at
a
speed
of
30kmph.
The
press
release
is
here.
Many
more
changes
have
highlighted
the
automobile
industry
over
the
past
few
months.
Towards
the
end of
May
2016,
Volkswagen
announced
a
major
partnership
with
the
ride-sharing
service
Gett,
which
is
popular
in
Europe.
Toyota
has
announced
that
it
will
be
entering
into a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
Uber,
the
ride-sharing
company,
and
the
companies
will
explore
how
they
can
collaborate.
Toyota
will
also
be
investing
in
Uber.
The
agreement
will
make
it
possible
for
Uber
drivers
to
lease
Toyota
cars
and
directly
pay
for
the
lease
through
their
driving
income.
Meanwhile,
Google
announced
that
it's
opening
a new
development
center
near
Detroit.
Toyota
Motor
expanded
its
five-year
telematics
partnership
with
Microsoft
and
invested
$1
billion
into
R&D,
including
funds
for
two
new AV
research
centres
next
to
Stanford
and
MIT.
In
addition,
Ford
Motor
Co.
Executive
Chairman
Bill
Ford
said
the
automaker
would
look
for
more
partnerships
with
other
companies
as it
moves
to
expand
beyond
manufacturing
and
selling
cars
and
trucks.
In
early
May,
Google
and
Fiat
Chrysler
agreed
to
work
together
to
build
a
fleet
of 100
self-driving
minivans
in the
most
advanced
collaboration
to
date
between
Silicon
Valley
and a
traditional
car
maker.
Google
is
planning
to
more
than
double
their
fleet
with
the
initial
addition
of
about
100
new
2017
Chrysler
Pacifica
Hybrid
minivans,
and
expect
the
first
few to
be on
the
road
by the
end of
this
year.
Here’s
an
article
by
Google
to
read
more
on
this.
However,
Google
said
it was
not
sharing
proprietary
self-driving
vehicle
technology
with
Fiat
Chrysler,
and
that
the
vehicles
would
not be
offered
for
sale.
Google
has no
plans
to
expand
its
partnership
with
Fiat
Chrysler
Automobiles
NV to
create
a
self-driving
car,
the
program
chief
at the
Alphabet
Inc.
unit
said
a few
weeks
ago,
affirming
that
the
technology
company
was
still
in
talks
with
other
potential
partners.
Tesla
Motors
and
Mando
Corporation
have
joined
forces
to
develop
autonomous
drive
systems
for
future
models,
according
to
reports
in
South
Korea.
Mando
is a
leading
South
Korean
manufacturer
of
brake,
steering
and
suspension
systems,
supplying
domestic
and
overseas
vehicle
manufacturers
including
Hyundai-Kia,
GM
Daewoo,
FiatChrysler,
General
Motors,
Ford
and
Volkswagen.
For
more
information,
refer
to
this
Just
Auto
article.
Zoox,
a
Silicon
Valley
autonomous
car
developer
raised
capital
worth
$1
billion
that
has
increased
its
profile
amid
heightened
interest
in
autonomous
cars
and
the
potential
for
using
them
as
self-driving
taxis
that
can be
deployed
by
ride-sharing
services
such
as
Uber
Technologies
Inc.
Zoox
is
also
one of
14
companies
that
have
received
licenses
from
California
to
test
autonomous
vehicles
on
public
roads.
You
can
find
more
about
this
in the
Wall
Street
Journal
article
here.
Faraday
Future,
a
China-backed,
Los
Angeles-based
startup
plans
to
begin
testing
prototype
self-driving
electric
vehicles
on
California
roads
later
this
year.
The
full
article
in
Automotive
News
is
here.
This
Vox
article
is a
good
refresher
on the
three
big
innovations
the
auto
industry
is
facing—
car
sharing,
battery-powered
electric
vehicles,
and
autonomy
(CAVCOE
includes
a
fourth
technology:
connected
vehicles).
By
itself,
any
one of
these
shifts
would
represent
a
significant
but
manageable
challenge.
But
the
real
challenge
is
that
all
these
trends
are
converging,
and
they
jointly
represent
both
an
opportunity
and
existential
threat
to
today's
dominant
car
companies.
AV
Regulations
New
York
State
lawmakers
are
looking
to
pave
the
way
for
driverless
cars.
In
what
they
argue
is a
case
of New
York
law
not
keeping
up
with
technology,
legislators
are
pushing
to
change
a 1971
measure
that
requires
drivers
to
keep
at
least
one
hand
on the
steering
wheel
while
the
vehicle
is in
motion.
They
argue
the
law
will
not
only
stymie
the
introduction
of
automated
driving
systems
that
are
already
in the
works
but
could
also
ensnare
drivers
who
use
parking
assist
features
now
offered
in
some
models.
If
interested,
here’s
the
article
in NY
Daily
News
to
read
more.
A
steady
march
toward
the
automated
car is
clearly
under
way.
The
NHTSA
levels
reflect
the
belief
that
automated
systems
will
progressively
assume
more
and
more
driving
tasks
until
all
are
done
by
automation
and
none
are
left
in the
hands
of
drivers.
Some
people
(not
CAVCOE)
believe
that
due to
the
remaining
obstacles
in the
pathway
to
full
automation
and
the
rate
at
which
cars
are
replaced
on the
roads,
the
transition
to
fully
automated
driving
for a
majority
of the
public
will
take
decades.
This
CACM
article
lists
some
of the
challenges
that
drivers
and
car
designers
will
face
while
transitioning
from
partial
automation
to
full
automation.
US
Federal
safety
regulators
are
asking
automakers
to
help
them
figure
out
how to
test
self-driving
cars
to
determine
whether
the
vehicles
are
safe
enough
for
consumers.
The
effort
comes
as the
National
Highway
Traffic
Safety
Administration
prepares
guidelines
— due
out in
the
coming
months
— to
steer
the
development
and
rollout
of
autonomous
vehicles.
Councillor
Michelle
Holland
in
Toronto,
Canada
has
asked
city
council
to
push
the
TTC to
develop
plans
for
new
technology
in its
operations.
Read
more
about
that
advancement
on
City
News
Toronto.
AV
Research
This
article
that
featured
in
Curbed
provides
a very
insightful
take
on new
and
on-going
research
being
undertaken
to
make
AVs
move
out of
their
comfort
zone
and
adapt
to
extreme
conditions.
Researchers
from
Georgia
Tech’s
Daniel
Guggenheim
School
of
Aerospace
Engineering
and
the
School
of
Interactive
Computing
have
assessed
the
new
technology
by
racing,
sliding,
and
jumping
one-fifth-scale,
fully
autonomous
auto-rally
cars
at the
equivalent
of 90
mph.
The
technique
uses
advanced
algorithms
and
onboard
computing,
in
concert
with
installed
sensing
devices,
to
increase
vehicular
stability
while
maintaining
performance.
Google
has
patented
a
technology
that
would
stick
a
pedestrian
to the
bonnet
like a
giant
hood
ornament
in the
case
of a
collision.
The
patent
is
designed
to
protect
a
pedestrian
or
cyclist
from
injury
through
the
secondary
impact
of
them
bouncing
off
the
front
of the
car
and
back
onto
the
road.
The
patent
was
filed
two
years
ago
and
approved
by the
United
States
patent
office
a few
days
ago,
although
a
Google
representative
has
told
the
Mercury
News
that
the
existence
of the
patent
does
not
mean
it
will
emerge
as a
feature
on the
next
generation
of
Google
self-driving
cars.
Other
AV
Articles
This
Curbed
article
is a
good
take
on how
driverless
cars
will
shrink
the
road
and
reshape
our
space.
With
roads
and
parking
spaces
taking
up so
much
of the
manmade
landscape,
the
advent
of
autonomous
vehicles
not
only
means
we’ll
be
able
to use
them
more
efficiently,
but
that
it’s
likely
some
of the
land
and
space
we’ve
paved
over
won’t
be
needed
for
vehicle
traffic
and
storage.
German
railway
giant
Deutsche
Bahn
is
working
on
adding
autonomous
cars
to its
transport
network
as a
way of
getting
riders
to and
from
the
train
station.
It's
even
looking
at
competing
with
companies
like
Uber
in
getting
travelers
around
urban
areas
where
a
train
might
not be
practical.
Here’s
The
Verge
article
on the
same.
Upcoming
AV
Related
Events
Jul
19-21,
2016:
Automated
Vehicle
Symposium,
San
Francisco,
CA.
Oct
10-14,
2016:
ITS
World
Congress,
Melbourne,
Australia.
Oct
25-26,
2016:
Autonomous
Vehicle
Safety
Regulation
World
Congress
2016,
Novi,
Michigan.
Nov
1-3,
2016:
UnmannedCanada
2016,
the
annual
conference
of
Unmanned
Systems
Canada;
Edmonton,
Alberta.
Nov
2-3,
2016:
TU
Automotive
Europe
2016,
14th
Annual
Conference
and
Exhibition,
Munich.
Oct 29
- Nov
2,
2017:
ITS
World
Congress,
Montreal,
Canada.
