Evaluation of Automated Driving by Large-Scale Piloting on European Roads – The L3Pilot Project

Abstract

Automated driving is still the main focus of research activities in the European automotive industry. The European Commission’s flagship project “L3Pilot” is testing the viability of automated driving as a safe and efficient means of transportation and additionally exploring and promoting new service concepts to provide inclusive mobility. Therefore, L3Pilot will create a standardized Europe-wide piloting environment, coordinating activities across the piloting community in order to acquire data from 100 vehicles with 1000 drivers operating in 10 countries in Europe. Concluding, the project will evaluate the automated driving functions (ADFs), calculate the impacts and provide a cost-benefit analysis. The evaluation of all ADFs is challenging and requires a sophisticated methodology. This paper describes the overall evaluation approach and in particular the methods for technical- and impact assessment that are taken in the project.