Addressing challenges toward the deployment of higher automation

    Project: EU project

    Project Details

    Description

    Hi-Drive is EU's flagship project on high automation of passenger cars. It addresses a number of key challenges which are currently hindering the progress of developments in vehicle automation. The key aim of the project is to focus on testing and demonstrating automated driving, by improving intelligent vehicle technologies, to cover a large set of traffic environments, not currently achievable.Hi-Drive enables testing of a variety of functionalities, from motorway chauffeur to urban chauffeur, explored in diverse scenarios with heterogeneous driving cultures across Europe. In particular, the Hi-Drive trials will consider European TEN-T corridors and urban nodes in large and medium cities, with a specific attention to demanding, error-prone, conditions. The project’s ambition is to considerably extend the operational design domain (ODD) from the present situation, which frequently demands interventions from the human driver. Therefore, the project concept builds on reaching a widespread and continuous ODD, where automation can operate for longer periods and interoperability is assured across borders and brands. The project also investigates what factors influence user behaviour and acceptance, as well as understanding the needs of other road users interacting with these vehicles. The removal of fragmentation in the ODD is expected to give rise to a gradual transition from a conditional operation towards higher levels of automated driving. With these aims, Hi-Drive associates a consortium of 41 European partners with a wide range of interests and capabilities covering the main impact areas which affect users, and the transport system, and enhance societal benefits. The project intends to contribute towards market deployment of automated systems by 2030. All this cannot be achieved by testing only. Accordingly, the work includes outreach activities on business innovation and standardisation, plus extended networking with the interested stakeholders, coordinating parallel activities in Europe and overseas.
    AcronymHi-Drive
    StatusActive
    Effective start/end date1/07/2130/06/25

    Collaborative partners

    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    • NNG Szoftverfejlesztő és Kereskedelmi Kft
    • European Center for Information and Communication Technologies (EICT)
    • Volvo Technology AB
    • Renault S.A.S
    • Robert Bosch GmbH
    • Volvo Personvagnar AB
    • Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)
    • Centro Ricerche Fiat (CFR)
    • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
    • Toyota Motor Europe (TME)
    • RWTH Aachen University
    • VeDeCoM Institute
    • Valeo Vision SAS
    • Ford-Werke GmbH
    • Zenseact AB
    • PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG
    • Honda R&D Europe (Deutschland) GmbH
    • Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH
    • CTAG - Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia
    • University of Leeds
    • SNF – Centre for Applied Research
    • Würzburger Institut für Verkehrswissenschaften (WIVW)
    • German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    • International Road Federation (IRF)
    • Audi AG
    • Automotive Artificial Intelligence AAI GmbH
    • PSA Automobiles SA
    • TÜV SÜD Rail GmbH
    • University of Warwick
    • University of Genoa
    • Aptiv Services Deutschland GmbH
    • SEAT S.A.
    • Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS)
    • Volkswagen AG (lead)
    • Federal Highway Research Institute (BAST)
    • FEV Europe GmbH
    • Delft University of Technology
    • Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)
    • Chalmers University of Technology

    UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

    Funding category

    • EU-H2020

    Keywords

    • H2020-DT-ART-2020
    • Automation