Future Car cars in Italy seem to need not only technology, but also (probably above all) political support. It is therefore good news that over 60 mayors in Italy have decided to take field in the cars of the future.
On July 14, in the room of the Digital Center Cultural Center in Milan, Pierfrancesco Maran, a member of the European Parliament in the Italian Democratic Party, began an autonomous driving: Italy in the first place of the initiative, which has support from administrators from all over the country.
Among the signatories of the diagram are the mayor of Milan Beppe Sala and Turin mayor Stefano Lo Russo, as well as dozens of other medium -sized mayors and compact cities. Apparently, the goal is to make Italy a European leader of autonomous vehicles, transforming urban territories into outdoor laboratories to test automotive technologies in the near future.
Catching up the USA and China
The initiative results from the realization that Europe remains dramatically behind the United States and China. While Waymo meets over 250,000 paid rides a week in four American cities, in which it operates, and China has established 20 pilot cities with over 74 million miles of accumulated tests, Europe is constrained to 400 highly fragmentary micro-projectes-less than half is throughout the country.
The gap is not only geographical. In the United States and China, private individuals and companies are investing billions, while in Europe public funds are dispersed for too compact initiatives. Regulatory fragmentation in Europe, with 27 different national frames (including, for example, various traffic rules), also prevents the exploit of any benefit that the region is a single continental market.
Italian administrators perceive autonomous driving as a practical solution to everyday urban problems, such as urban logistics at the last mile, and reducing traffic and pollution in urban centers. Expanding the right to mobility for the elderly, offAnd children are also a priority divided by many administrators in the country, as well as the exploit of autonomous vehicles to better connect suburban areas poorly served by public transport.