With a focus on both personal mobility and goods transport over the decade to 2030, the study will provide insights for the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) to direct financial resources to best deliver socio-economic benefits.
Conducted over a six-month period, the research will assess the key technologies and dependencies, market demand drivers, future value chain scenarios and potential impacts of autonomous technologies to better understand how the development of innovative and evolving technologies in the field of autonomous driving will affect the future of road transport in Europe.
The research, which will be carried out by Ricardo working in cooperation with technical experts from the European Investment Bank and shared with the European Commission, with a view to enabling better identification of areas that would benefit support from European Investment Bank (EIB) products and resources as well as other EU financial support to complement and attract private sector finance.
“Ricardo is delighted to be working with EIB/EIAH to provide our expert insight into the future of road transport, socio-economic impacts and potential investments with increased adoption of autonomous driving and mobility services,” said Mike Blyth, senior managing consultant for Ricardo. “We share EIB’s vision of improving quality of life through innovation and technology, and through this research we hope to help the Bank and the Commission to better identify and support opportunities that will deliver this.”
