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INFORMING A NATIONALDRIVERLESS ROAD MAP A COORDINATED APPROACH TO THE INTRODUCTION OF DRIVERLESS VEHICLES
Australia &New ZealandDriverless VehicleInitiative
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ADVI is the peak body that spans the wide ecosystem of driverless vehicles in Australia and New Zealand. Established in 2015 by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB), ADVI now has a membership of more than 130 leading organisations across a wide range of sectors. ADVI offers a unique opportunity for partners to collaborate with governments, industry and researchers, to position Australia and New Zealand amongst the world leaders in the development and deployment of driverless technology.
ADVI’s education, advocacy and demonstration efforts help to inform and raise awareness, encourage community acceptance, and ensure understanding of the economic, environmental and lifestyle benefits of driverless vehicles.
WHO IS ADVI?
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ADVI’S PARTNERS ARE PLANNING TO INVEST HEAVILY IN THE DRIVERLESS INDUSTRY.
13015%OF PARTNERSSURVEYED
AUSTRALIANS
ADVI PARTNERSINTEND TO INVEST $15MOR MORE OVER NEXT 5 YEARS
OF PARTNERS SURVEYED INTEND TO HIRE MORE STAFF
AND GROWING
$95b
70%
16,000CREATION OF
NEW JOBSPER YEAR POTENTIAL
ECONOMIC VALUE
OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
GDP ANNUALLY2%
53%
PEOPLE1-10OF ADVI
PARTNERS EMPLOY
IN THE DRIVERLESS VEHICLE INDUSTRY
ROAD CRASHES COST AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MORE THAN
ARE KEEN ADOPTERSOF NEW TECHNOLOGY
$15M
16,000
PEOPLE
22%
100IN THE DRIVERLESS VEHICLE INDUSTRY
EMPLOYE UP TO
63%
MILLION$10OF PARTNERS SURVEYED
WILL INVEST UP TO
IN THE DRIVERLESS VEHICLE INDUSTRY OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS
33%
MILLION$1OF PARTNERS SURVEYED HAVE INVEST MORE THAN
IN THE DRIVERLESS VEHICLE INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS
$1
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As the nation’s peak driverless vehicle industry collective, the Australia and New Zealand driverless vehicle initiative supports a step-change to Australia’s approach to addressing the introduction of driverless vehicle technology. In 2018 Australia slipped behind other countries in the KPMG AV Readiness Report (14 to 15). This is a concern to ADVI partners who are advocating for Australia to assume a position in the top 10 countries globally to ensure we get access to an industry
expected to be worth $US 7 trillion globally by 2050. The critical transition period for employment and growth will start in 2025 as we see more people start to embrace this new technology.
ADVI is calling for a greater focus on Australia’s strengths and better leverage of our points of difference. The nation is the world’s largest net exporter of lithium, wehave the 4th largest pension market with AUD$2.9 trillion under management providing strong investment capital, we have as estimated 7000 world-class vehicle engineers who have lost their jobs and are looking for new opportunities, and we have abundant key resources including sunlight, cobalt, copper, graphite, nickel to be part of a new driverless and electric vehicle supply chain.
Driverless vehicles provide new opportunities if there is a focus on supporting Australian companies to produce high value products and services. The FederalGovernment should play its part to progress the new infrastructure, both physical and digital, in a smart and connected manner so that the market to supply servicesto develop Australian industries take their place in the extended global connected and driverless automotive, infrastructure and software supply chain.
This is the model adopted by China, UK, US, Israel, Singapore, Sweden and the Netherlands, where a focus has been on supporting local industries to research anddevelop technology to service local markets thus creating new global skill sets. In Australia to date, our approach has been too focused on being a receiver of vehicles and technologies, rather than a producer and developer of these.
WHY A CHANGE INAPPROACH IS NEEDED
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A ten point action plan is required to position Australia as one of the first countries to allow commercial deployment of Level 4 and above driverless vehicles, that will ignite the opportunity for our intellectual capacity to develop the skills in the fastest growing “new world” economy is listed below: 1. Implement a whole of government approach to the introduction of driverless
technology into Australia though COAG with a broader focus than just transport, include advanced manufacturing, energy, finance, education, training, trade, tourism and investment.
2. Work with ADVI to build consumer confidence and acceptance of driverless vehicles by communicating benefits and opportunities.
3. Evaluate the readiness of Australia for widespread deployment of driverless vehicles across infrastructure, connectivity, skills and community acceptance.
4. Establish a set of national performance standards and test protocols for driverless vehicles to advance the implementation of a driverless future.
5. Establish national off and on road test facilities that follow these nationally agreed testing protocols.
6. Establish national infrastructure standards for driverless vehicles that will deliver significant benefits for the country so that we can have a national highway system that is accessible to all driverless vehicles instead of the eight different standards to which the National Highway is currently constructed.
7. Coordinate knowledge transfer from trials and deployments already being funded through public money to capture the learnings and translate these into guides, standards, regulations and legislation that will set Australia apart and advance the implementation framework for a connected and driverless future.
8. Establish a program of investment focused on the provision of urban and rural platforms that enable Australian companies, academic institutions and government agencies to develop solutions for:
a. Managing congestion in our cities b. Improved transport services for people with a disability and aging c. Establishing a local supply chain for the next generation of zero emission vehicles d. The safe and efficient movement of heavy and
light commercial vehicles across Australia
9. Establish a joint government and insurance industry initiative to explore specific requirements relating to liability and coverage.
10. Introduce requirements for genuine sharing of crash and incident data to help build community trust and prevent future incidents and crashes.
ADVI TEN POINT ACTION PLAN
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THE PAST
NO AUTOMATIONEVERYTHING IS DONE MANUALLY, THERE’S NOT EVEN POWER-ASSISTED STEERING!
WHERE WE ARE NOW
PARTIAL AUTOMATIONSOME AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS FOR STEERING, ACCELERATION AND BRAKING - BUT YOUR HANDS MUST STILL BE ON THE WHEEL AT ALL TIMES.
2020-2025
HIGH AUTOMATIONDRIVER NO LONGER NEEDED! YOU CAN TAKE BACK CONTROL IF NEEDED, BUT THE CAR WILL WORK FULLY AUTONOMOUSLY.
THE PAST
DRIVER ASSISTANCEYOU COMPLETE THE MAJORITY OF THE DRIVING TASK, WITH ASSISTANCE FOR EITHER STEERING, ACCELERATION OR BRAKING.
2017 - 2020
CONDITIONAL AUTOMATIONHANDS OFF THE WHEEL! ALL ASPECTS OF DRIVING ARE AUTOMATED - BUT YOU MUST BE READY TO TAKE BACK CONTROL WHEN PROMOTED.
2026 - 2030
FULL AUTOMATIONWE WON’T EVEN NEED A STEERING WHEEL OR DRIVER’S SEAT.
LEVELS OF VEHICLE AUTOMATION
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03
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06
05
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03
04
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