1. Sustainability and Efficiency by Digitalisation of Road Transport
The Future of Mobility
Sustainability and Efficiency by Digitalisation of Road Transport
Changer photo pour “Green Mobility – Future City”
Dr.-Ing. Stephan Neugebauer, ERTRAC Chairman
European Parliament, Brussels, 30. Mai 2017

2. Road Transport is fundamental for societal and economic life Automotive Industry is the backbone of European economy:
12 Million jobs,
up to € 50 billion annual investments in Research and Innovation
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3. DECARBONISATION + DIGITALISATION
Road Transport / Automotive Industry is faced with fundamental challenges
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4. If we keep today’s technology (2015), road transport CO2 will be ~4x greater than the 2050 requirement due to the increased demand
There is a need to significantly reduce transportation CO2 whilst demand is forecast to increase
To reach the overall European CO2 targets for transport, a system approach is needed

5. System approach SYSTEM APPROACH: Better vehicle
Better infrastructure
Improved logistics
Decarbonised
energy / fuels
System approach
Intelligent traffic
management
Public transport and intermodality
Efficient vehicles
Infrastructure for connected
& automated vehicles
Flexible and shared mobility services
SYSTEM APPROACH:
Better vehicle
 Powertrains efficiency, electrification, …
Better Traffic conditions
Better traffic flow, no congestion, …
Less traffic
 intermodality, improved logistics
(30% of trucks today are empty), …

6. Future Propulsion Systems
ELECTRIC
100%
Pure ELECTRIC vehicles (car, bus, van)
Guaranteed electric mode in urban areas!
(by digitalisation)
Plug-in-HYBRID (PHEV) (car, coaches, trucks)
Plug in HYBRID
Advanced COMBUSTION
100%
Advanced COMBUSTION Engine
(renewable fuels and gas, …)
Trucks
Urban
Extra urban
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7. INTELLIGENT ACCESS REGULATIONS
Digitalisation of Road Transport
FLUIDITY OF TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
INTEGRATED LOGISTICS
INTELLIGENT ACCESS REGULATIONS
SHARED MOBILITY
INTERMODALITY
Digitalisation is an enabler for these innovations / solutions
Digitalisation of Road Transport is more than “Automated Driving”

8. Digitalisation – a disruptive technology ?
St Peter’s Square, Rome, 2005
St Peter’s Square, Rome, 2013
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9. Automated driving- expectation meets reality
Tesla, crash with a truck
while using automated driving mode
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10. Automated Driving
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11. Digitalisation saves Costs
EXAMPLES
Maintenance of bridges
(less vibrations by individual speed limits)
Ruts building from trucks
(Reduction by lane offset in platooning)
Logistics
(less empty trucks by digital coordination)
©User:Burda / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
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12. Digitalisation requires enormous investments and creates jobs
Vehicle: Sensors and Software
Infrastructure: Road equipment
Telecommunication: Roll out of 5G network
Data platforms: Handling big data
Software for traffic management, logistic, intermodality, …
New data based services for users
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13. Secured interface with vehicle  Access only through backend solutions
Ensure privacy and security
ERTRAC: Clusters for data of connected & automated vehicles
Connected or automated vehicles generate or need electronic data.
In a first draft these data can be classified into 4 categories:
SECURITY:
Secured interface with vehicle
 Access only through backend solutions
(responsible for safety/security of vehicle)
“Complete Public Data” like emergency warnings
 to be shared at once with everybody
2. “Anonymised Data” which are of public or multi-brand interest e.g. for traffic prediction
 to be shared in anonymised format based on agreements
3. “Released Data” which are primarily private/commercial but the driver or/and the vehicle owner/fleet provider has agreed the data sharing
4. “Strictly Private Data” with no permission of the driver or/and the vehicle owner/fleet provider to be shared
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14. Digital connection between energy and automotive sector
Digital charging management of electric vehicles
Integration of BEV into the grid
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15. Digitalization of road transport requires enormous research activities:
Need for publicly funded collaborative research, precompetitive research programs on national and European level
PPP as appropriate organization: all different stakeholders + public authorities on board:
Universities
Research organizations
Automotive Industry (OEM + Suppliers)
Public authorities
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