Autonomous vehicles will be on the streets soon

Every day the spread about projects and tests of autonomous vehicles grows and this thanks to the advances of Artificial Intelligence added to the Internet of Things technology.


We need to follow, besides the numerous possibilities presented regarding the use of IoT equipment, in this case, autonomous vehicles:  to what extent are all these connected equipment protected from hacking? Remembering that even vehicles that are driven by humans but have equipment connected to the internet need to be protected.

See a small part of the interview made today, July 25, 2019, during the Cyber ​​Security Summit Brazil event published on Instagram.

Many projects are in the testing phase and others are ready pending regulation for implementation. What autonomous car experts predict is that this will be true even in 10 years.

Autonomous vehicles will be on the streets in the coming 

We have been waiting for autonomous vehicles for a long time, and thanks to technological developments and the broadening of the internet of things, it will soon be possible to retire the driver behind the wheel or at least lessen the need for one inside the car.

It is true that we still live in the age of concepts and prototypes presented by automakers and companies in the logistics and transportation industry, but for industry experts, freelancers will take to the streets in the next 10 years.

The prospect of this future has encouraged studies of the impact of autonomous vehicles on society - such as one by Strategy & PwC indicating that by 2030, the logistics industry will become an autonomous vehicle ecosystem driven by a digitized supply chain combining autonomous trucks. and robot distribution centers.

According to the survey, carried out in the European market, logistics costs of trucking will fall by 47%, largely due to the reduction in labor. Delivery times will fall by 40%, mainly because autonomous trucks can travel without the need for rest breaks.

 Volvo Vera, fully autonomous and electric vehicle. It will soon transport cargo from a logistics center to a terminal in the port of Gothenburg, Sweden.

To slow down ahead of the transformations in the IoT-driven automotive market, companies are turning to big investments. Daimler Trucks has set up an internal organization to develop autonomous trucks within the next decade, with an initial investment of 556 million euros.

The group will focus on research and development, covering the software and hardware needed for trucks to operate autonomously, along with the infrastructure and networking required for these vehicles to navigate the roads.

Domino's pizza chain also decided to focus on the self-service delivery market through a partnership with Nuro.

The network intends to launch later this year the unmanned pizza delivery vehicle in the city of Houston, in the United States.

Select customers who order online will have the option of using the standalone delivery vehicle called R2. Customers can track their vehicle in the pizza restaurant app and receive a PIN code to unlock it and access their pizza.

“The opportunity to offer our customers the choice of unmanned delivery experience and our operators an additional delivery solution during a busy race is an important part of our autonomous vehicle testing,” said Kevin Vasconi, Executive Vice President. and Domino's CIO.

Walmart also has plans to test a standalone delivery vehicle later this year. Driverless vans will be launched in the US city of Surprise, Arizona. According to Bloomberg, Walmart President Greg Foran said autonomous vehicles operating “half a mile” between Walmart warehouses and adjacent collection kiosks could cut logistics costs in half for online ordering.

Uber has been testing autonomous passenger vehicles for a few years, but a giant from another market may compete with the company's driverless vehicles - in the future. Google's parent company Alphabet has received approval to test its vehicles in California.

The initiative is still in its infancy and has some restrictions, such as not charging for passenger transport during the test and placing on every vehicle a driver ready to take control of the steering wheel in an emergency. The company will use Jaguar I-PACE models, 100% electric, and a Chrysler Pacifica, which has hybrid motorization (a combination of electric motor and combustion engine).


Source: ABINC