Foresight Vehicle Technology Roadmap - Institute for Manufacturing

OverviewForesight Vehicle is a collaboration between industry, academia and Government to identify anddemonstrate technologies for sustainable road transport. Future products and technologies must meetsocial, economic and environmental goals, satisfying market requirements for mobility, safety,performance, cost and desirability, with the objectives of improving the quality of life and wealthcreation in the UK.The Foresight Vehicle technology roadmap has been developed to identify technology and researchthemes for road transport, aiming to support UK industry in the globally competitive market fortransport products and to provide sustainable mobility for UK citizens. The roadmapping process hasbrought together more than 130 experts from across the road transport sector, from more than 60organisations. The goal was to use the roadmap structure (Fig. 1) to capture and share the rich set ofviews about how road vehicle markets, products, systems and technologies will (and could) evolve inthe next 20 years.Trendsanddrivers+5 years+10 years +15 years +20 yearsNowVisionMarket / industry trends, drivers, key issues and uncertaintiesPerformancemeasures andtargetsEvolution of required and desired functional performance of road transport systemTechnologyand researchRequired and desired technological response, including research needsFig. 1 – Foresight Vehicle technology roadmap architectureThe scope of the Foresight Vehicle technology roadmap is broad, reflecting the complex nature of theroad transport system. The roadmap represents a ‘rich picture’, capturing the knowledge and thinkingfrom a wide range of perspectives within the automotive sector. Owing to the broad scope of theroadmap, the inherent uncertainties associated with the 20-year time frame and the various interests ofa diverse set of stakeholders, it is not desirable to overly constrain the research agenda. Rather, theroadmap is used to provide structure, context and broad direction. This structure enables a consistentlanguage and approach to be developed in terms of understanding the relationships between specifictechnology areas, system performance and industry drivers.1