Autonomous Vehicles and the data that is powering them
When we visualise the city of 2050, many of us picture executives accessing their daily newsfeed as their car drives them autonomously to the office while science-fiction-style driverless pods transport people effortlessly around the city. Smart intersections respond in real-time to the conditions around them. Congestion has been consigned to history and the stresses once associated with commuting to work and getting around the city are a dim and distant memory. Best of all, the city has not witnessed a road traffic accident in years.Anyone who has bought a new car in recent years will have noticed the huge leap in technology that has taken place over the past decade. Connected vehicles (CVs) are bringing seismic technological shifts to driving, but autonomous vehicles (AVs) bring cultural and societal ones, not…