The Executive Round Tables
High-level perspectives and
strategies regarding the present
and future use of ICT in cars
Conclusions & Recommendations
Moderator:
Professor Eric Sampson
Newcastle University and ITS(UK)
United Kingdom
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1
Consumers want the safety, efficiency,
mobility, environmental, convenience gains
Data and information to support this mostly
available but
not organised
not clear how best to use it
mixed private / public ownership
standards incomplete
Business models unclear
Is the initial market mainly the commercial
driver or the private driver ?
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2
Business models difficult
where’s the return on investment ?
will sector collaboration on data damage business
cases ?
are customers willing to pay ? how much ?
who handles the fee collection ?
on what basis do we charge ?
Do we need a “Killer Application” to make
good business cases ? If so what are the
candidates ?
Let’s cooperate and try to make it work !
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TABLE 1 — OPPORTUNITIES
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Highlights from Table 1 ─ 1
Big wins in road safety & network
management
Safer vehicles, more driver support &
assistance = fewer accidents
Better prediction & management of traffic
flow = less congestion
Better management of traffic = reduced
emissions and energy consumption
Range of new products and services for
automotive manufacturers and ITS industry
Widespread recognition of societal and
commercial benefits
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Highlights from Table 1 ─ 2
Many teams working on applications,
connectivity
BUT still some gaps eg driver distraction and
driver overload and underload
AND work tends to be
either Asia-Pacific or Americas or Europe
either public sector or commercial
either automotive or telecomms industry
In other words not enough lateral
integration
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TABLE 2 — PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
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Highlights from Table 2 ─ 1
Technologies and standards developing
quickly but poor integration / convergence
regarding stds for safety, convenience and
navigation
Standards bodies “competition”
unwelcome with end users
Introduction of electric vehicles requires
new style vehicle—infrastructure linking
Getting wireless link A to B easy; response
time and data volumes need more thought
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Highlights from Table 2 ─ 2
BUT work tends to be
either Asia-Pacific or Americas or Europe
either public sector or commercial
either automotive or telecomms industry
Not clear what international body can
bring the players together
In other words not enough
lateral integration
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Conclusions / Recommendations:
Opportunities
Major potential for :
Accident reduction through driver assistance
and accident notification to improve rescue
operations
Reducing transport impact on climate change
directly & indirectly
Improving driving convenience and comfort
eg in-vehicle services, infotainment, remote
diagnostics ─ user selling point is good news
for many industries
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Conclusions / Recommendations:
Problems & Solutions 1
Communication Architectures mostly
ready but can we future-proof?
vehicle to vehicle
vehicle to infrastructure
in vehicle, including nomadic devices
vehicle-to-grid
In-vehicle devices not being designed to
common patterns / standards in Europe,
Americas, Asia Pacific ? Relevant for
manufacturers but who else needs global
agreement ? Is anyone working on it ?
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Conclusions / Recommendations:
Problems & Solutions 2
Not yet clear what system interoperability
we need. Who 'owns' this issue ─ vehicle
manufacturers ? infrastructure owners /
operators ? specialist service providers?
Governments ? All of these ?
No accepted implementation strategies.
Do those for Europe, Americas, AsiaPacific need to be the same ?
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Conclusions / Recommendations:
Problems & Solutions 3
Role of cellphones still unclear: embedded,
integrated or autonomous ? Decision has
impact on business cases
Business / payment models differ for safety,
climate change and comfort/convenience ─
how do we get them to converge ? Does it
matter if we can't ?
Not yet clear what multi-functionality we
need eg does an e-Call unit have to deliver
infotainment services ?
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Conclusions / Recommendations:
Problems & Solutions 4
No clear view on Users' / Regulators’ /
Suppliers’ security, liability and privacy
concerns ─ could be a major barrier
Some understanding of driver distraction
and overload; less work on driver
underload ─ all three could become major
Regulatory issues
No single list of standards and agreed
'owners‘ ─ unhelpful for application
designers
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Conclusions / Recommendations:
Problems & Solutions 5
4 different and overlapping sectors: automotive
manufacturers, ITS services, telecom bodies,
network/infrastructure owners/operators
We have the technologies; we now need
the business and commercial activities
Cooperation of standards bodies needs
improving
We need wider-ranging cross-sector
collaboration; probably coordinated by
Governments
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