The future of It seems that itself -run cars in Italy need not only technology but also (potentially the most) political support. Subsequently, the good news is that more than 60 mayors in Italy have decided to land for future cars.
On July 14, in the Hall of the Met Digital Culture Center in Milan, Perfordensco Maran, a member of the Italian Democratic Party’s European Parliament, launched an independent driving: Italy in the front row Initiator, which has supported organizers from all over the country.
Those who signed the scheme include Milan’s Mayor Bepe Sala and Tourin Mayor Stefano Lou Russia, as well as medium sizes and dozens of other mayors of small cities. Apparently, the aim is to make Italy a European leader in independent vehicles, and to transform municipal areas into open laboratories to test the nearby automotive technologies.
Together with the US and China
The move has arisen from the feeling that Europe is dramatically behind the United States and China. Although Vimo meets more than 250,000 salaried rides in four US cities where it works, and China has established 20 pilot cities with more than 74 million miles with a collected test, Europe is limited to 400 highly scattered micro projects.
The space is not only geographical. In the United States and China, private individuals and companies invest billions of billions, while in Europe, public funds are dispersed on measures that are very low. With Europe’s regulatory pieces, 27 different national framework (for example, including different traffic laws), it also makes it impossible for the region to exploit any benefit of being a single continent.
A Vimo Self Driving Vehicle in San Francisco.
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Italian organizers view sovereign driving as a practical solution to everyday urban problems, such as reducing traffic and pollution in the last mail urban logistics and city centers. Extension for transportation for elderly, disabled, and children is also a joint priority by many organizers in the country, as is the use of independent vehicles to better connect the suburbs that are poorly offered by public transport.
