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International Survey of Best Practices in Connected Vehicle Technologies: 2013 Update

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Michigan is a major U.S. center of connected vehicle technology development and testing, but other states within the country are involved in significant connected vehicle activities as are other countries throughout the world. This report investigates connected and automated vehicle activities underway outside Michigan, especially international examples, for the purpose of understanding and describing overall best practices in connected and automated vehicles.

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Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy

McKinsey Global Institute

This report identifies 12 technologies, including driverless cars, that could drive truly massive economic transformations and disruptions in the coming years.

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Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States

Stanford Center for Internet and Society

This paper provides the most comprehensive discussion to date of whether so-called automated, autonomous, self-driving, or driverless vehicles can be lawfully sold and used on public roads in the United States. The short answer is that the computer direction of a motor vehicle’s steering, braking, and accelerating without real-time human input is probably legal. The long answer, contained in the paper, provides a foundation for tailoring regulations and understanding liability issues related to these vehicles.

mdot_international_practices 2012

International Survey of Best Practices in Connected Vehicle Technologies: 2012 Update

CAR

Michigan is a major U.S. center of connected vehicle technology development and testing, but other states within the country are involved in significant connected vehicle activities as are other countries throughout the world. This report investigates connected vehicle and connected vehicle-related activities underway outside Michigan, especially international examples of connected vehicle work, for the purpose of understanding and describing overall best practices in connected vehicles.