E-Logs Vehicle Communications Whitepaper (Final)

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A Modern History of Automated Vehicles...
Driverless vehicles are closer than you think! While the concept of an automated
vehicle may seem futuristic, many companies such as Google and Tesla have
taken initiative by already implementing autonomous features. Sit back and relax,
automated vehicles will bring more mobility and efficiency, and thus save us a lot
of time. Recently, the Department of Transportation published the “Federal Automated
Vehicles Policy,” which outlined safety regulations for US roads, and
made it the first country to develop regulations for automated vehicles. The industry
states highly automated vehicles are projected to be on the roads as early as
2020.
In the early 2000’s three military
incentives that sparked interest in
automated vehicle automation were
Demo I (US Army), Demo II (DARPA),
and Demo III (US Army). The goal
was to design automated vehicles to
solve transportation issues such as
congestion and accidents. The
events were designed to produce an
unmanned vehicle that could autonomously
navigate difficult terrain.
Only a few contestants were able to
complete the challenge.
By the 2010’s all major automotive
manufacturers have started to
research and develop automated
vehicles. Using an array of sensors
and communication systems, many
automobile manufacturers have at
least achieved an autonomous prototype.
Google states “We’ve self-driven
more than 1.5 million miles and
are currently out on the streets of
Mountain View, California, Austin,
Texas, Kirkland, Washington and
Metro Phoenix, Arizona.”
Fully automated vehicles are not currently
available to the public, but that
is projected to change within the
next few years.
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