The Comparison of Current Development, Technology and Governments’ Attitudes of Driverless Car at Home and Abroad

Driverless car, as a direction for future automobile development, greatly improves the efficiency and safety of the traffic system. It’s one of the most popular technical fields. In recent years, driverless car has developed rapidly. The related development is concerned by governments, businesses, consumers and stakeholders widely, and most of countries have been actively studying this technology. This paper first introduces the current development of driverless car at home and abroad. Besides, the basic technologies of driverless car are briefly analyzed. In addition, the author compares the American government’s attitudes with Chinese government’s attitudes towards driverless car. Specifically, the article makes an analysis of contents of literature and periodicals at home and abroad and policies and documents which have already been published. The analysis shows that there is no great difference between the attitudes of Chinese and American governments. Both of two governments actively support the development of driverless car. Finally, this paper expounds the development direction of the driverless car field in future by dividing into two categories through road conditions: automatic driving on expressways and automatic driving in cities

Rear ECU driverless car

Formula Student es una competencia mundial en la que los estudiantes fabrican autos de carreras fórmula. El año pasado, el equipo Driverless UPC, formado por estudiantes de ETSEIB y ETSETB, adaptó los sistemas electrónicos de un clásico automóvil fórmula eléctrico, para transformarlo en un automóvil autónomo. Esto resultó una mezcla de la parte autónoma y la vieja electrónica del automóvil causando una fiabilidad electrónica significativamente baja. Por esta razón, el objetivo para este año era unir toda la electrónica en una única y robusta unidad electrónica. Esta tesis se centra en el desarrollo y diseño de la Rear ECU y los reguladores DC-DC implementados en todas las ECUs. Los resultados son una ECU trasera compacta y funcional, y reguladores DC-DC de alta eficiencia y sobrecalentamiento bajo. Esto lleva a la conclusión de que unir varias funcionalidades dentro de una ECU y el diseño de un regulador de voltaje propio es altamente recomendable para una electrónica confiable y eficiente.Formula Student és una competició mundial on els estudiants fabriquen cotxes estil fórmula. L’any passat, l’equip Driverless UPC, format per estudiants ETSEIB i ETSETB, va adaptar tots els sistemes electrònics d’un cotxe de fórmula elèctrica clàssica, per transformar-lo en un cotxe autònom. El resultat va ser una barreja de la part autònoma i l’antiga electrònica del cotxe elèctric provocant que la fiabilitat de l’electrònica fos significativament baixa. Per aquest motiu, l’objectiu d’aquest any era unir tota la electrònica en una única i robusta unitat electrònica. Aquesta tesi està enfocada al desenvolupament i el disseny de la Rear ECU i els reguladors DC-DC implementats a totes les ECU. Els resultats són una Rear ECU compacta i funcional, i uns reguladors de tensió d’alta eficiència i sobreescalfament baix. Això porta a la conclusió que unir diverses funcionalitats dins d’una ECU i dissenyar un regulador de tensió propi és altament recomanable per a una electrònica fiable i eficaç.Formula Student is a worldwide competition where students manufacture formula race cars. Last year, the Driverless UPC team, formed by ETSEIB and ETSETB students, adapted all the electronic systems of a classic electric formula car, to transform it in an autonomous car. The result was a mix of the autonomous part and the old electrical car electronics causing the reliability of the electronics was significantly low. For this reason, the aim for this year was to join all electronics and manufacture a robust single electronic package. This thesis is focused in the development and designing of the Rear ECU and DC-DC regulators implemented in all ECUs. The results are a compact and functional Rear ECU, and high-efficient with low overheating DC-DC regulators. This leap to the conclusion that joins various functionalities inside an ECU and designing your own voltage regulator is highly recommended for a reliable and efficient electronics

Utilizing Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for driverless car technology

This paper examines the relationship between perceived usefulness of driverless car technology, perceived ease of use of driverless car technology, years of driving experience, age and the intention to use driverless cars. This research is a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study with the Technology Acceptance Model as its theoretical framework. The primary method of data collection was an online survey. Pearson’s correlation and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis. This study found significant, positive relationships between perceived usefulness of driverless car technology, perceived ease of use of driverless car technology and intention to use driverless cars. Also, there were significant, negative relationships between years of driving experience, age and intention to use driverless cars

Planning for Density in a Driverless World

Automobile-centered, low-density development was the defining feature of population growth in the United States for decades. This development pattern displaced wildlife, destroyed habitat, and contributed to a national loss of biodiversity. It also meant, eventually, that commutes and air quality worsened, a sense of local character was lost in many places, and the negative consequences of sprawl impacted an increasing percentage of the population. Those impacts led to something of a shift in the national attitude toward sprawl. More people than ever are fluent in concepts of “smart growth,” “new urbanism,” and “green building,” and with these tools and others, municipalities across the country are working to redevelop a central core, rethink failing transit systems, and promote pockets of density. Changing technology may disrupt this trend. Self-driving vehicles are expected to be widespread within the next several decades. Those vehicles will likely reduce congestion, air pollution, and deaths, and free up huge amounts of productive time in the car. These benefits may also eliminate much of the conventional motivation and rationale behind sprawl reduction. As the time-cost of driving falls, driverless cars have the potential to incentivize human development of land that, by virtue of its distance from settled metropolitan areas, had been previously untouched. From the broader ecological perspective, each human surge into undeveloped land results in habitat destruction and fragmentation, and additional loss of biological diversity. New automobile technology may therefore usher in better air quality, increased safety, and a significant threat to ecosystem health. Our urban and suburban environments have been molded for centuries to the needs of various forms of transportation. The same result appears likely to occur in response to autonomous vehicles, if proactive steps are not taken to address their likely impacts. Currently, little planning is being done to prepare for driverless technology. Actors at multiple levels, however, have tools at their disposal to help ensure that new technology does not come at the expense of the nation’s remaining natural habitats. This Article advocates for a shift in paradigm from policies that are merely anti-car to those that are pro-density, and provides suggestions for both cities and suburban areas for how harness the positive aspects of driverless cars while trying to stem the negative. Planning for density regardless of technology will help to ensure that, for the world of the future, there is actually a world

Future of driving a driverless car for the gaming industry

Abstract. The article suggests that future of driverless car is not about passenger comfort but it should be in increased human vehicle interaction whereby an idea of real time gaming simulator is promoted.Keywords. Concept design applications.JEL. A10

Driverless Car Transit Hub

The world is moving towards automation, and manual labour is quickly becoming obsolete to avoid unnecessary human error in complex processes. As an example of this evolution, in twenty to thirty years, a new era of driverless technology will revolutionize modern transportation systems. This technology will not only change road systems themselves, but it will also alter the way people live their lives. Urban planners will exchange the need for parking lots for a new requirement for drop-off zones. Such change will transform the workforce commuting paradigm. It is up to the architects and urban planners to create innovative plans to design city systems that bring citizens from point A to point B in the urban metropolitan regions seamlessly without sacrificing the flexibility of where citizens may need to go. An additional challenge in this driverless shift is to use the existing cityscape and public transit infrastructure to accommodate the new transportation technologies as the fixed form of an established metropolis prevents immediate mass reconstruction and rebuilding. This thesis presents the case that an inter-modal transit hub can effectively integrate driverless car technology into a city’s public transit system to improve efficiency and flexibility while maintaining the city’s traditional legacy of transport networks and urban built form

Book review: driverless: intelligent cars and the road ahead by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman

In Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead, Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman reflect on the possibilities and risks posed by the new horizon of automobile technology: the driverless car. This insight into the potential future of transportation is well-researched, sprinkled with interesting anecdotes and accessible for both policymakers and the wider public, finds Joseph Savirimuthu