Automated Vehicle Resources
This resources page was developed to provide the automated vehicles industry a one-stop-shop for everything it needs to thrive. Resources about the following topics are included: passenger mobility, logistics, utility, education & training, planning & development, safety best practices, and regulations.Passenger
Mobility
Logistics
Utility
Education & Training
Planning &
Development
Safety Best
Practices
Regulations
Passenger Mobility
Applications
- Robo-taxi
- Shared AV Shuttle
- Bus
- Pod/PRT
- GRT
- Wheelchair/Personal Mobility Device
Passenger AVs
| Business Name | Location |
| Aurora Cruise AutoX Pony.ai Waymo Zoox Aptiv Motional May Mobility Adastec Beep Perrone Robotics Oxa Coast Autonomous Cyberworks Robotics Holon Ohmio Woven | Mountain View, CA San Fransisco, CA San Jose, CA Fremont, CA Mountain View, CA San Mateo, CA Dublin, Ireland Boston, MA Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor, MI Orlando, FL Charlottesville, VA Oxford, UK Pinellas Park, FL Ontario, CAN Auburn Hills, MI Auckland, NZ Tokyo, Japan |
Logistics
Applications
- Long haul trucking
- Short haul trucking/box trucks
- Yard trucks
- Cargo/baggage loader
- Goods delivery PDD
- Cargo moving (forklift to large truck)
- Drone delivery
- Airport or cargo dollies
- Mining vehicles/equipment
- Industrial equipment
- Off-Road Trucking/Logistics
- On-Road Trucking
Delivery AVs
| Business Name | Location |
| Serve Robotics Kiwi Box bot Savioke Clevon Aethon Effidence Robomart TeleRetail Refraction AI Bedestrian Starship Nuro Coco Delivery Gatik | Los Angeles, CA Berkeley, CA Oakland, CA San Jose, CA Tallinn, Estonia Alexandria, VA Auvergne, France Los Angeles, CA Dusseldorf, Switzerland Austin, TX Michigan, USA San Francisco, CA Mountain View, CA Los Angeles, CA Mountain View, CA |
Trucking
Utility
Applications
- Vehicle tug
- Lawnmower
- Street sweeper
- Disinfectant
- UAV/Drone inspection (security or infrastructure)
- Ground security surveillance, patrol, and inspection
- UAV mapping
- Smart EV charging
- Snowplow
- Usher robots
- Foreign object detection
- Autonomous truck-mounted attenuator
- Automated bus yard
- AV Farm Equipment
- AV Construction Equipment
- Construction
- Pavement Striping Robot
- Foreign Object Detection, Removal and Harvester
- Airport Inspection
- Wildlife
- Lawnmower
Heavy Equipment
| Business Name | Location |
| Caterpillar Komatsu Volvo John Deere Hyundai HD | Irving, Texas Tokyo, Japan Eskilstuna, Sweden Moline, IL Seoul, South Korea |
Maintenance & Other Utility
| Business Name | Location |
| Renu Robotics Sunflower Labs Cyberworks Robotics 10Lines Roboxi Coast Autonomus Graze Robotics | San Antonio, TX Zurich, Switzerland Ontario, CAN Tallinn, Estonia Stavanger, Norway Largo, FL Plano, TX |
Education & Training
Educational Sites/Portals
Educational material to bring public awareness to the AV industry now and in the future.
Curriculum List: Assisted Driving Features, Freight & Trucking, Law & Policy, Perceptions, Social Impacts, Technology, Terminology
Autonomous Vehicles Alliance for Automotive Innovation
AV Initiative with education and market reports.
Curriculum List: Defining Vehicle Automation, Benefits of AVs, Levels of Automation, Driver Assist Technology, Automated Vehicle, FAQs
SAE’s homepage for all AV resources.
Curriculum List: ADAS & Automated Driving Verification/Validation, Autonomous, Connected, Electric & Shared Vehicles, SAE Mobilus
Automotive Cybersecurity
Robotics for Autonomous Vehicle Systems Bootcamp offers both free and paid courses for professional training and education.
Curriculum List: SLAM, Mechatronics, Navigation/Path Planning, Perception: LiDAR, Cameras & Vision, Machine Learning
The AVA provides its members with a collaborative research environment to identify potential opportunities around autonomous vehicle applications.
Papers/Reports
AAMVA’s Automated Delivery Vehicles and Devices Whitepaper
2021: guidelines, benefits, challenges, and definitions around automated delivery vehicles.
Search thousands of AV resources available through SAE International’s technical resource platform, Mobilus.
Annual Events
Maryland partnered with The Eastern Transportation Coalition (TETC) to launch a National CAV Day to focus on CAV awareness and education for the public. 2022 focused on Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) automated features.; social media campaign coordinated across multiple stakeholders.
Planning & Deployment
Planning & Deployment
Columbus intends to define what it means to be a “Smart City” and serve as a model for other cities wishing to fully integrate innovative technologies. This includes testing and deploying connected and autonomous vehicles into the transportation network.
US pilot testing and deployment map including state info, company info, and vehicle type, on public roads
AutonoMap’ Shows The Many Places Autonomous Vehicles Are Serving The Public Today
The International CAM Landscape
The International CAM Landscape (ICL) looks at some of the key players across the globe and their varying approaches to developing CAM technologies to meet their needs. In doing so, we uncover opportunities for the UK to take advantage of its strong positioning on the global stage and move forward in the race to achieve commercialization.
Autonomous Vehicles: A Guide for Cities
The Guidebook offers considerations, tools, and examples of various ways to manage effectively autonomous vehicle deployments.
Innovation & Collaboratives
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) has an automated vehicles subcommittee (AVSC) that developed this report to provide voluntary recommended guidelines for motor vehicle administrations, law enforcement, manufacturers, and other entities for the safe testing and deployment of ADS-equipped vehicles and to provide information and recommendations related
to ADAS vehicle technology
Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners
Living lab (500 acre tech park) for startups and established companies to deploy and develop technologies in a real world testing environment/smart city ecosystem
Maryland DOT: Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV)
Strategic Framework and info on Collaboration with Industry, including: interactive map with locations to test and active RSUs; forms and process info to one-stop entry for industry on partnering, research, testing and implementation.
The AVA provides its members a collaborative research environment to identify potential opportunities around autonomous vehicle applications.
Collaborative effort that brings together public-private partnerships and academic institutions to challenge university students around the world to imagine, invent and prove a new generation of automated vehicle software to run fully autonomous racecars.
With support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and Southwest Airlines, the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority has introduced the Ford Launchpad for Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurship, or FLITE, which provides grants and pilot-testing opportunities to companies focused on bringing emerging air travel technology solutions to market. This is one of the first airport-based initiatives in the nation that provides funding to encourage the design and development of new products and services in a live airport environment.
The Federal Highway Administration’s Collaborative Research Framework
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) initiated the Testing and Pilot Design, Development, and Evaluation Framework project with the objective of developing a framework that enables collaboration among ADS developers and Infrastructure Owners and Operators (IOO) for research, testing, and development activities. This Framework report is based upon feedback FHWA received through extensive engagement and input from ADS developer and roadway stakeholders, including automotive OEMs, suppliers, technology companies, and State, and regional government entities.
University Programs & Research
John’s Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy
A national center of excellence ensuring the safe, secure, reliable, and predictable integration of autonomous systems into society by covering the full spectrum of research across the three pillars of technology, ecosystem, and ethics and governance
International Programs / Resources
Highlights the AV test beds in the UK.
Transportation policies and programs for connected and automated vehicles.
Guidelines for Testing Automated Driving Systems in Canada
Many resources to policies and safety guidelines around automated vehicles in Canada.
National Transport Commission (NTC) Automated Vehicle Program (Australia)
Leads national land transport reform in support of all Australian governments to improve safety, productivity, environmental outcomes and regulatory efficiency.
Zenzic UK Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) ecosystem
Zenzic promotes, collaborates, and enables UK organizations to play an impactful role in the future of mobility. Provides an overview of the connected and self-driving ecosystem in the UK.
Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (UK Organization)
Features industry news in the UK from the DOT
CAVCOE (Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence)
Consulting, education, analyses, recommendations on planning for AV deployment
Test Facilities & Proving Grounds
| MCITY | Location |
| American Center for Mobility (ACM) American Center for Mobility (ACM) GoMentum Station Transportation Research Center (TRC) OH Transportation Research Center (TRC) CA Suntrax PennSTART | Ann Arbor, MI Ypsilanti, MI Concord, CA East Liberty, OH Atwater, CA Lakeland, FL Mt Pleasant, PA |
Safety Initiatives, Best Practices, Guidelines, and Standards
USA: National
The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium is an industry program of SAE Industry Technologies Consortia. We’re comprised of engineering and technology company members in the automated vehicle space who bring decades of experience launching safe, innovative mobility technologies. We’re working to advance safer testing, development, and deployment of automated vehicles.
Standing General Order on Crash Reporting for incidents involving ADS and Level 2 ADAS
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) has an automated vehicles subcommittee (AVSC) that developed this report to provide voluntary recommended guidelines, for motor vehicle administrations, law enforcement, manufacturers, and other entities for the safe testing and deployment of ADS-equipped vehicles and to provide information and recommendations related to ADAS vehicle technology
Associations / Firms
Governors Highway Safety Association Safety Policies and Priorities on Autonomous Vehicles
Safety publications and policies
SAE standards and publications
International Resources
BSI standards and roadmap for connected and autonomous vehicles in the UK
Connected and automated vehicle standards, legislation, research, and vocabulary in the UK
UK Law Commission Remote Driving Initiative
Publications to clarify the current legal status of remote driving in the UK and documents to consider possible reforms
Canada’s Safety Framework for Connected and Automated Vehicles
Canada’s safety framework for automated and connected vehicles
Collection of standards related to connected automated driving systems
Published standards for connected and automated driving in Canada
Regulations, Policy Framework, State or Government Programs
USA: National
IIHS Autonomous Vehicle Laws by State
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States
Addressing the Patchwork: A State-by-State Analysis for Autonomous Trucking in the United States
ITS America, AUVSI, and K&L Gates
USA: States
Colorado DOT Connected and Autonomous Technology Program and Policies
Colorado
Minnesota DOT Connect and Automated Vehicles
Minnesota
Ohio DOT’s DriveOhio smart mobility initiative
Ohio
Pennsylvania DOT Automated Vehicles Program
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts DOT Self-Driving Systems
Massachusetts
Michigan DOT Mobility Initiatives
Michigan
Florida Statutes for Autonomous Vehicles
Florida
Associations / Firms
Governors Highway Safety Association Safety Policies and Priorities on Autonomous Vehicles
Safety publications and policies
SAE standards and publications
