2024-04-13 06:58:00
The Automotive and Mobility Technology Platform – Move2Future (M2F), coordinated by SERNAUTO, has held the meeting «Automotive Technologies ‘Made in Spain’. “Road to Strategic Autonomy” to publicize the innovations that are being developed in Spain so that vehicles are increasingly sustainable, efficient, connected, autonomous and safe.
In this third meeting, the experts have focused on the technologies and innovations that companies in Spain are developing to promote connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility, coinciding with the third chapter of the R&D&I Strategic Priorities Agenda of the Automotive and Mobility Sector of M2F, which establishes a roadmap and the facilitating technologies in which it must invest so that Spain consolidates its leadership position in the development of connected and autonomous vehicles.
Cecilia Medina, Innovation and Talent Manager at SERNAUTO and coordinator of the M2F Technology Platform, insisted on the importance of investing in R&D&I to continue developing these technologies, as well as to remain competitive by promoting the capabilities we have in Spain and attracting industrial and technological projects.
«Without technology the industry does not take hold, so we have to continue advancing in it. And in this specific case, furthermore, technology saves lives and makes mobility reach all users,” he added.
In this sense, Medina evidenced the current capacity of the Spanish innovation ecosystem to develop the systems and components of the connected and autonomous vehicle, and shared examples of several PERTE projects for the Electric and Connected Vehicle (VEC), of the Sustainable Automotive Technology Program (PTAS 2021) and other joint European initiatives such as C-Roads, Hi-Drive, Sunrise and Fame, where the presence of Spanish entities is high.
Next, the coordinator of the strategic area on Connected, Cooperative and Autonomous Mobility (CCAM), Vicente Milanés, head of Innovation projects at Renault Group, presented the priorities that companies in Spain are working on: Autonomous driving and Advanced Transportation Systems. Driving Assistance (ADAS), connectivity and intelligent infrastructure and mobility management (Mobility as a Service).
Milanés insisted that it is essential to bet and invest in these connectivity technologies to get the maximum value from the situations that occur on the road. Interoperability, the development of cameras and sensors, the use of the vehicle as a sensory node, intelligent infrastructures or the deployment of cooperative services through 5G and advanced systems based on Artificial Intelligence, among other developments, “allow us to discover elements that drivers “They are not able to see, which provides much greater capabilities to prevent and reduce the number of accidents,” he concluded.
Next, Ana Paúl, director of Technological Innovation at CTAG, explained the different types of connectivity in development to make travel safer and more efficient, and highlighted that Spain offers a wide variety of test environments in laboratories, tracks and real conditions. , which allow testing and validating the different technologies associated with connected and autonomous mobility, through specific pilots with prototypes and fleets of vehicles.
During his speech, Paul also emphasized the need to adapt mobility management to new transport models, to rethink the urban spaces in which they coexist and to explore evolved business models so that these mobility options reach all. citizens (Mobility as a Service). All this by investing in cybersecurity, simulation models, data management and validation means so that the autonomous and connected vehicle is totally safe and ethical.
Finally, Cecilia Medina shared the main conclusions of the meeting and stressed that “Spain has very favorable conditions to become a global reference scenario that allows the design, testing and validation of the different technologies associated with connected and autonomous mobility: technology, testing sites and regulation».
To this end, Medina also insisted on the importance of having a country strategy that encourages technology and creates a stable economic, political and social context, as well as stimulating collaboration throughout the entire value chain, supporting investments, encouraging talent and develop the legal framework and standards necessary to enable the deployment of connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility.
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