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John Fox CEng MRAeSProgramme Director, Midlands Future Mobility, WMG, University of Warwick
Putting the UK at the forefront of global
Connected and Automated Mobility
development
Smart Transport Conference
ICC Birmingham
18th September 2019
Established in 1980 by Professor Lord Bhattacharyya as Warwick Manufacturing Group to facilitate technology transfer and knowledge creation for Industry
700+ people (900+ university and industry) working in 7 buildings
Training over 1,500 individuals in the UK and abroad (from school to post experience)
Co-located with Jaguar Land Rover & Tata Motors European Technical Centre
Newly Opened: National Automotive Innovation Centre
▶ £150m investment, led by private sector
▶ National focus of automotive research capability
▶ An environment to foster collaboration, cohesion and cross-fertilisation of knowledge
▶ Academic, industry (including supply chain) teams
▶ 33,000m2 building:
Greener, lighter, smarter vehicles
Connected and Automated Mobility – Why?
Global annual road traffic deaths in 2018: 1.35 million1
1,782 people killed in reported RTAs in GB in 20182…
…similar to the level seen since 2012
90-95% attributed to human error…
…100,000 lives3 saved (in next 30 years) if AVs just 10% better than human drivers are introduced
1https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2018/en/2https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820562/Reported_road_casualties_-_Main_Results_2018.pdf3N. Kalra and D. G. Groves, The Enemy of Good. 2017
Image: https://www.smmt.co.uk/2019/04/uk-in-pole-position-in-62-billion-self-driving-car-race-if-brexit-roadblock-removed/
Connected and Automated Mobility – Why?
Global annual road traffic deaths in 2018: 1.35 million1
1,782 people killed in reported RTAs in GB in 20182…
…similar to the level seen since 2012
90-95% attributed to human error…
…100,000 lives3 saved (in next 30 years) if AVs just 10% better than human drivers are introduced
1https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2018/en/2https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820562/Reported_road_casualties_-_Main_Results_2018.pdf3N. Kalra and D. G. Groves, The Enemy of Good. 2017
Accessibility
Independence
Vehicle Efficiency
Personal Efficiency
New mobility business models
Improved congestion?
Some Challenges for CAV/CAM Adoption
We need to ensure that new products and services are:
• Dependable and affordable– In a complex real world operating environment
– With new high value components integrated on-board (and off!)
• Commercially viable– With new entrants to the value chain
– And new services and business models
• Desirable– Gaining public acceptance and trust
– Achieving societal benefits
How? Learn from a continuum of simulation; testing; trials; and early deployment
The CAM Testing Continuum
Simulated EnvironmentsSimulation Controlled Environments
The CAM Testing Continuum
A world-class ecosystem for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) technology development
A springboard for scalable, real-world future mobility technologies and services.
www.midlandsfuturemobility.co.uk
Urban Testbed (MFM)
UK CITE
Rural & Highway Extension
• Campus environment for demo and trial of LSATs
• Motorways/A/B roads/Ring roads/all speeds/rural and unlit
• Key interchanges (railway, HS2, Birmingham int. airport)
• Major City centres (Coventry and Birmingham)
• Configurable roadside infrastructure
• High quality 4G coverage, 5G ready in key areas
• Access to Local Authority transport data, live and historic
• Test vehicles, garaging and preparation
• Access to a varied participant database and trial support
Midlands Future Mobility: Physical Environment
www.midlandsfuturemobility.co.uk
Urban Testbed (MFM)
UK CITE
Rural & Highway Extension
• Campus environment for demo and trial of LSATs
• Motorways/A/B roads/Ring roads/all speeds/rural and unlit
• Key interchanges (railway, HS2, Birmingham int. airport)
• Major City centres (Coventry and Birmingham)
• Configurable roadside infrastructure
• High quality 4G coverage, 5G ready in key areas
• Access to Local Authority transport data, live and historic
• Test vehicles, garaging and preparation
• Access to a varied participant database and trial support
Midlands Future Mobility: Physical Environment
Legend
• MFM Datahub digital back-office
• Digital Twin of key route sections
• Cutting edge connectivity development
support for external and automotive
environments
Midlands Future Mobility: Digital Environment
Midlands Future Mobility: Building a CAM Ecosystem
Through WMG and our partners on MFM, we have an extensive network of businesses in all things ‘CAM’
As a region, the West Midlands has everything needed to be the nucleus for powerful, scalable CAM development and demostration• People and skills• Significant initiatives and funding around key foundations of communications and future
mobility • Scale, and unity through TfWM• World-class academic institutions looking to lead the way in the sector
Midlands Future Mobility, in our home at the National Automotive Innovation Centre, plans to bring together businesses, innovators, networks and contributors in the region to help capitalise on this opportunity…
www.midlandsfuturemobility.co.uk
New vehicles, technologies and services are coming sooner than we might think, bringing benefits for all of us. The UK can be at the centre of this revolution.
But we need to ensure they are secure, safe and robust in complex real world environments.
They must also be desirable and commercially viable
To achieve this, we will need to collaborate, and utilise the full range of testing and proving facilities - including real world trials
Through our “Testbed UK” capability, and unrivalled ability to collaborate, the UK can be at the forefront of the global Connected and Automated Mobility revolution
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