Connected Car
TRL says the latest trial at its testbed demonstrated the potential for receiving live data from road infrastructure to improve the decision-making abilities of connected and autonomous vehicles (C/AVs). Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL), the testbed in south London, hosted the ServCity project, which saw a Nissan Leaf self-driving around the streets of Woolwich. TRL says new features on the testbed extend the scenarios available to validate C/AV performance without needing specific safety cases for every operational design domain (ODD). The testbed now includes a dense residential neighbourhood - and researchers found that multiple consecutive messages were necessary for a C/AV to respond appropriately to alerts of a parked vehicle blocking the road. “Real-world testing at the SMLL testbed is crucial for validating system and service designs and accelerating time to full deployment,” adds Long.