On April 4, 2019, SAE International, Ford, General Motors, and Toyota announced a new consortium to address autonomous vehicle safety. The group intends to work to safely advance testing, pre-competitive development, and deployment of SAE Level 4 and 5 automated vehicles.
The consortium will leverage the expertise of its current and future members to establish a set of AV safety guiding principles to help inform standards development. The first output from the AVSC will be a roadmap of priorities. The roadmap is intended to be applicable for developers, manufacturers, and integrators of automated vehicle technology and focuses on data sharing, vehicle interaction with other road users, and safe testing guidelines. The goal with the consortium is to work with industry and government partners to expedite development of standards that can lead to rule making.
SAE International will leverage the experience of its affiliate organization, SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC), to convene the members of the AVSC. SAE ITC has experience in the formation of consortia allowing industry to quickly establish frameworks to address opportunities and challenges.
The AVSC will continue to share its vision and progress throughout the year, including at SAE International’s World Congress Experience (WCX) April 9-11, 2019 in Detroit. To learn more about the AVSC visit https://avsc.sae-itc.org.