Hundreds of automakers and startups around the globe are working on autonomous vehicles so these vehicles can eventually be mass produced. But what challenges do these companies need to overcome before this happens?<\/P>
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I recently spoke with Dave Lauzun, vice president of transportation and automotive at Siemens PLM Software, to talk about these challenges in more detail. One challenge that companies face is planning for how autonomous vehicles could impact the way future highways and roadway infrastructure will look and act.<\/P><\/p>\n
Short-term, there won\u2019t be much, if any, change to infrastructure, Dave said. Autonomous vehicles will be able to interact with other vehicles and current infrastructure elements such as traffic lights and road signs.<\/P><\/p>\n
But as autonomous vehicles move toward better connectivity with vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, and as more of these vehicles hit the road, \u201cthere are incredible, additional opportunities that open up to modify the infrastructure.\u201d<\/P><\/p>\n
In this video, Dave talks about some of these opportunities and what companies and governments around the world are doing with intelligent traffic systems to prepare.<\/P><\/p>\n
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