Hi-Drive

Hi-Drive will push automated driving further towards High Automation. Hi-Drive addresses a number of key challenges which are currently hindering the progress of developments in vehicle automation. Our ambition is to considerably extend the operational design domain (ODD) from the present situation, which frequently demands interventions from the human driver. The removal of fragmentation in the ODD is expected to give rise to a gradual transition from a conditional operation towards higher levels of automated driving. The Hi-Drive project focuses on testing, demonstrating and evaluating robust high automation functions in large sets of traffic environments on motorways, in cities and cross-border scenarios, with a specific attention to demanding, error-prone conditions. Objectives are:_ Create, harmonise and manage a Europe-wide testing and demonstration environment for high automation._ Define and implement Technology Enablers technologies, targeting defragmentation and extension of the ODDs for different automated driving functions and traffic contexts._ Implement, adapt and further develop an already proven common testing methodology across all test sites for high-automation._ Test and demonstrate the functionality of high automation vehicles in demanding traffic scenarios across Europe._ Investigate user reactions, interactions, understanding and attitudes towards high-level automation._ Evaluate the project’s impacts ranging from single-user behaviour to a societal level. Hi-Drive works towards the DEFRAGMENTATION OF THE ODD! For more information and contact, please visit our website: hi-drive.eu.