Intelligent vehicles that make decisions without driver input are being tested around the world £10 Million saying it is currently their top selling point Up to 15% Maps need to become ultra detailed, so that cars are able to effectively navigate by themselves MOST MANUFACTURERS AND ANALYSTS PREDICT THAT FULLY AUTONOMOUS CARS WILL NOT BE DRIVING ON OUR ROADS UNTIL 2020, AT THE EARLIEST. THE NEXT STEP IN VEHICLE INTELLIGENCE The government has pledged for a UK city to es- tablish itself as the country’s first test- ing area for driver- less cars Current prices range from £120,000 to £170,000 per vehicle Cars still need a human driver ready in case something goes wrong, due to the current legislation Until every car on the road is autonomous, there are still safety risks Motorway speed limits might need to be reduced and overtaking rules for ordinary motorists changed Barriers to adoption What are the benefits? AEBS could lead to 27% fewer accidents to in 2020 which means 8,000 fewer road deaths per year What could more ubiquitous connectivity in cars mean? Instant transfer of driving data could lead to real time insurance, calculated based on how you were driving around the time of a collision New sensor-based collision detection features that prevent accidents automatically, in the form of Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS), are already mandatory in new heavy vehicles Cars could eventually communicate this data to each other and work together to provide even more effective collision prevention Information about road conditions and delays can be passed between cars, further improving the accuracy of network intelligence, cutting insurance costs and time lost in traffic A single vehicle could steer many others in a ‘car train’, with a single human driver to take over in an emergency, with safe distances between vehicles reduced to as little as five metres over 500,000 miles Some driverless vehicles have recorded of safe tests drives on US roads 200km single trips ‘Car trains’ have been tested on on roads in Spain lower fuel consumption due to autonomous driving