RTR Conference highlights the importance of R&I

More than 500 participants registered for the 9th edition of the RTR Conference, which took place from 10 to 12 February at the EGG in Brussels. During the opening and closing sessions, representatives from industry and the European Commission emphasised the importance of public-private R&I collaboration.

At the conference, participants learned about the outcomes and anticipated impacts of EU-funded projects supported by Horizon Europe. Highlight projects were:

• Hi-Drive advances the European state-of-the-art of automated driving from SAE L3′ Conditional Automation’ further towards ‘High Automation’ by demonstrating in large-scale trials the robustness and reliability of connected and automated driving (CAD) functions.
• MODI aims to push the boundaries of automated driving capabilities for the transport of goods. Co-funded by the European Union, MODI explores the improvements that connected, cooperative and automated mobility (CCAM) brings to the logistics sector.
• The Hardware Abstraction Layer for a European Software Defined Vehicle Approach (HAL4SDV) will enable software configuration that abstracts from vehicle hardware, paving the way for a “software-defined vehicle (SDV)” approach for both safety-critical and non-safety-critical applications in future vehicles.
• Life Cycle Assessment (TranSensus LCA), which aims to develop a baseline for a European-wide harmonised, commonly accepted and applied single life cycle assessment (LCA) approach for a zero-emission road transport system,
• Vehicles and VRU Virtual eValuation of Road Safety (V4SAFETY). The project will provide a prospective safety assessment framework that can handle a large variety of safety measures, ranging from in-vehicle safety technology, infrastructure solutions to regulations that influence road user behaviour.