AutomationFromDriverAssistanceSystemstoAutomatedDriving3VDAMAGAZINE—AUTOMATIONCONTENTSI.Introduction4Thefutureasseenyesterday–todayarealityII.GlobalTrends6ThemobileworldoftomorrowIII.TechnologicalProgress8Ananswerfortomorrow’sworld:automationIV.FuturecomesasStandard10InnovationsdeliveredbyGermanengineeringV.TheFutureofAutomatedDriving12Theevolutionofdrivingfunctions–fromassistantstoautomaticmachinesVI.DevelopmentofAutomation14IntothefuturestepbystepVII.AutomatedDrivingforCommercialVehicles16CommercialvehiclesattheforefrontofinnovationsforautomationVIII.ConnectedDriving18AutomateddrivingandconnectivityIX.DataProtectionandDataSecurity20Top-levelsecurityfordatatrafficX.LawsandRegulatoryFramework22AsecurelegalframeworkforautomateddrivingXI.Glossary24AtoZofautomateddrivingContents4I.INTRODUCTIONVDAMAGAZINE—AUTOMATION5VDAMAGAZINE—AUTOMATIONI.INTRODUCTIONGoingonholidaywasneverasrelaxedasthis:thewholefamilyissittingdowntoaboardgamewhilethecardrivesitself–asshowninthispicturefrom1956.Backthen,thepossibilityofturningthisintorealitylayinthedistantfuture,buttheideabehinditwasobvious.Thecarexpandsitspotential,becomingmobilelivingspace.Thevisionofautomateddrivinghasbeenaroundforalmostaslongasautomobilesthemselves,mostlyasascenarioinsciencefictionnovelsandfilms.Yetasearlyasin1939,thevisionwasveryclosetoreality.AttheNewYorkWorld’sFair,theideawaspresentedinthe“Futurama”exhibition.By1960,itwassaid,thisshouldberealized.Thatwasprimature,asitturnedout.Yetinthe1950s,engineerswerealreadydevelopingthefirstconceptsforfullyautomatedlong-distancedrivesontheAmericanhighways.Theirideawastocombineinfrastructuremeasuresandvehicletechnology:beforesettingoff,onesimplyhadtoinformthetrafficcontrolcenterofone’sdestination,andtheautomatedjourneycouldbegin–invehiclespoweredbygasturbines.Eventhentheguidingnotionwasalreadythatfuturetechnologiesshouldofferpeopleadegreeofcomfortandsafetythathadneverbeendreamtofbefore.Developmentshavenowprogressedalongway.Today’ssystemsusesignalsfromawidevari...
