The International Centre for Connecting Vehicles, Highways and Telecommunications

The Opportunity

• Telematics-based technology key to delivering solutions to growing societal transport related challenges.– Safety– Efficiency– Environment– Security

• Currently there is not a single-site ITS test facility in Europe which is– Safe– Secure– Reference– Robust

The Potential• European Automotive Telematics industry growing at

17% per year with R&D budgets estimated to be worth €1.85billion a year by 2010

• Related telematics R&D budgets in Highways and Telecoms industries conservatively predicted at €0.75billion a year by 2010

• European ITC Framework 7 budget is €9.1 billion with €105 million currently allocated to CVHS R&D under challenge 6

The Vision• To establish a sustainable and internationally recognised

ITS Development centre which will promote research, development & innovation leading to new products, standards and services in the area of Cooperative Vehicle and Highway Systems.

• To provide a platform for marketing and promotion of European ITS technology solutions / providers within the global ITS market to stimulate investment in these European organisations

How Will This Be Achieved ?

• Being first to market with a centre to test, develop and demonstrate cooperative vehicle highway systems on one site

• Providing the required test tracks, infrastructure and equipment to reproduce the numerous telematics scenarios essential to new product innovation and development

• Providing a solid platform to attract collaborative and commercial R&D

Telematics Centre - Overview

• €30M Project– Project 1 - City Circuit– Project 2 - Customer demonstration suite and control

centre– Project 3 - High speed handling & manoeuvres circuit– Project 4 - Motorway– Project 5 - Free-form dynamics platform

When Will This Be Achieved ?

Autumn 2008

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10 Jan 2008

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Outline Approval

Design and Plan

Full Approval

Construction

Why at MIRA ?

• MIRA offers a cost effective solution due to the extent of its existing infrastructure

• MIRA has a strong internationally recognised reputation which will help to establish the centre’s credibility quickly

• MIRA houses a major proving ground and an array of additional leading edge facilities, such as EMC, to augment the centre’s services to customers.

• The Telematics Centre will be able to leverage MIRA’s existing skills and expertise in Telematics R&D and other areas

Who Benefits ?• Automobile Manufacturers

– Provides ‘One Stop Shop’ for certifying ITS systems– Safe and controlled real-world ITS environment– Ability to evaluate multiple-vehicle interactions– Pedestrian and other road user test scenarios– Access to UK existing world-class facilities & services– Enables focus on engineering rather than test scenario creation

• European Tier 1 Suppliers– Access to secure shared-use facility with better features– Neutral independent location for collaborative research/problem

solving between potentially competing organisations

• Standards and Certification– Development and updating of ITS standards.

Partners

VehiclesInfrastructure

Transport telematics

UK Industry Consultation

• Time Distance Position based charging• Intelligent Parking• Lane Departure Detection/Warning• Driver Behaviour Studies• Telematics robustness in poor reception

areas• Product and Technology Demonstrations• National/International Forums/Events• Port system - slot allocation• RO-RO truck parking• Electronic towbars – ‘platooning’• ADAS (Advanced Driver Assist Systems)

– Blind Spot Detection– Park/Reverse Assist– Adaptive Cruise Control– Road edge detection– Road Sign Detection

• Speed control• Security - tracking

• Travel & traveler Information• Liability Framework - what if it fails• In-car 'black box' data recorders• Standards • Electronic Tolling• Cooperative Active Safety

– Collision mitigation– Vulnerable road user detection– Intersection safety

• eService and vehicle diagnostics• Navigation Services• Traffic Management• Journey Management• Fleet Management• Stand-alone/autonomous

vehicles/systems• Intelligent/Variable Message Signs• Air quality management

MTC - Applications and Scenarios

What Facilities are Required ?

• To support these applications and scenarios it is necessary for a telematics centre to be able to controllably replicate the following environments:

– City – Motorway– Trunk Roads– Free-form area– Control Centre & Demonstration Suite

What Will innovITS ADVANCE Look Like ?

City Circuit

Trunk Road Circuit

Control Centre & Demonstration Suite

Motorway Circuit

Free-form Area

Features

• City grid features numerous junctions, islands & traffic calming features

• Parking areas for on-board set-up and data review

• Simulates Line-of-sight and Urban Canyon effects

• Differential GPS positioning • Support for numerous communications

standards• Flexible power management

645m

City Circuit

Applications

• Time Distance Position based charging

• Driver Behaviour Studies• Intersection safety• Collision mitigation• Vulnerable road user detection• Telematics robustness in poor

reception areas – Urban Canyon• Road sign detection• Traffic Management• Park/reverse assist• ADAS• Intelligent/Variable Message Signs• Air quality management• Autonomous vehicles

645m

City Circuit

Control Centre & Demonstration Suite

• State-of-the-art Control Centre to manage infrastructure for precise replication of scenarios, and to monitor and record securely positional information, video feeds and project specific data for customer use

• Cutting-edge conference facilities and surroundings for technology and product demonstrations equipped with large graphic operations display and overlooking the MTC

• Concept and requirements still being explored and developed

• The best environment in the EU for showcasing your ITS technologies

Conclusions• Opportunity to establish unique European centre• Supports a growing multi-billion Euro global industry• Benefits European Automotive OEM’s, Tier 1 suppliers and

non-commercial organisations• Active in the generation and modification of test and

certification standards• Powerful case for investment• Now looking to secure funding partners

• More information from these websites

www.mira.co.uk www.innovits.com www.its-ktn.org.uk