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july 12, 2019 - Toyota
Toyota starts Automated Driving testing on urban public roads in Europe
· Automated vehicle with safety driver will drive in Brussels city centre
· Purpose is to study impact of diversity of human behaviour on automated driving systems
· Adding European conditions to the car’s understanding, after successful drives in Japan and the US
Brussels, July 11, 2019 – #Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announces it is beginning automated driving (AD) on public roads in Europe. After successful simulations and trials on closed circuits, TME is now taking its in-house developed AD systems to a real-life urban setting: the vibrant city centre of Brussels, Belgium. At the heart of the European institutions, a Lexus LS will repeatedly complete a fixed loop for the next 13 months.
Within Toyota’s global operations, TME’s Brussels R&D facility is the Regional Centre of Excellence for Computer Vision – making computers ‘see and understand’ the environment around them. Toyota’s ultimate goal is zero casualties from traffic accidents, and the main goal of this pilot is to study complex and unpredictable human behaviour and its impact on automated driving system requirements. Responding to the complexity and diverse population of an urban environment like Brussels – the European capital and home to citizens of 184 different nationalities – is key to understanding human behaviour. After successful trials on public roads in Japan and the US, we are now adding European conditions to the technology’s understanding.
Gerard Killmann, #Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Vice President Research and Development
The Brussels-Capital Region, and Brussels Mobility in particular, is committed to staying on top of the latest technological developments regarding automated vehicles. We are conscious of the potential of the technology as a solution for urban mobility, whilst at the same time prioritizing safety. This acknowledgement is reflected in our new Regional Mobility Masterplan, called Good Move, and in one of the 50 actions that we put forward in order to make our vision a reality: to anticipate the automation of vehicles. Our ambitious strategic study on the transition towards automated vehicles determines the necessary steps for a strong framework and positive development of automated vehicles. I think we can be proud that our city and Region is the laboratory for this kind of cutting-edge mobility solutions. We are definitely encouraging innovation in mobility and that is being recognized internationally.
Christophe Vanoerbeek, Brussels Mobility
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