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The Future: From Valet Parking to People Mover
This leaves the exciting question of what the future of ADAS/
AD will look like. “We will see a greater penetration of driver as-
sistance systems across further vehicle classes and brands,”
predicts Andrea Conti, Vice President Business Field ADAS/
AD at AVL. When it comes to autonomy in passenger cars, he
sees numerous new use cases, such as valet parking.
In the truck sector, both platooning and hub-to-hub are hot
topics to counter high driver costs or lack of driver availability.
“Another important future trend that is already being widely
developed is people mover applications,” adds Andrea Leitner,
Global Business Segment Manager ADAS/AD Tools & Solu-
tions. “This involves setting up autonomous shuttle traffic in
defined areas.”
A carmaker wanting to be known as innovative in the coming
years will not be able to avoid “features on demand”. This
means providing driving functions and specific features when
the end customer needs them. According to our experts, mak-
ing these available in a way that is targeted and profitable will
determine success.
Impressive Figures
There is no doubt that AVL is well equipped for this mega-
trend. The company is broadly positioned, especially in the
field of ADAS/AD: At 19 locations – with Graz as the headquar-
ters – more than 450 experts around the world are working on
ADAS and AD. In the last ten years alone, a total of around 350
projects have been completed in this field, from Europe and
Asia to the USA. Andrea Conti and Andrea Leitner agree: “We
are ready for more.”
Automated and connected
mobility has been an integral
part of our corporate strategy
for many years. We see ourselves
as the link between IT and
automotive development, as we
have the knowledge required to
bring applications into vehicles.
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