Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Connected and autonomous vehicles have the potential to revolutionize the way we travel, while reducing the rate of death and injury from transport incidents. With the technology rapidly evolving, the U.S. Department of Transportation, State DOTs and private industry are supporting research aimed at enabling and accelerating the development and deployment of automated vehicles; ensuring safe and efficient operations of emerging technologies and systems; and maximizing public benefits by leveraging connected vehicle technologies, infrastructure-based solutions, and other approaches.
CSU currently has four research programs underway in area of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) deployment, research and development, and education and workforce development.
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Deployment and R&D
Connected and autonomous vehicles have the potential to revolutionize the way we travel, while reducing the rate of death and injury from transport incidents. With the technology rapidly evolving, the U.S. Department of Transportation, State DOTs and private industry are supporting research aimed at enabling and accelerating the development and deployment of automated vehicles; ensuring safe and efficient operations of emerging technologies and systems; and maximizing public benefits by leveraging connected vehicle technologies, infrastructure-based solutions, and other approaches.
CSU currently has four research programs underway in area of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) deployment, research and development, and education and workforce development.
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Deployment and R&D
- Autonomous vehicles safety benefits evaluation: Colorado Department of Transportation
- Connected vehicle deployment, measuring the GHG and emissions benefits of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles: U.S. Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute
- CAV research and development, exploring how the new set of vehicle-to-vehicle information can be used to control fuel economy: Toyota
- Education and workforce development, EcoCAR3, the conversion of a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro to an autonomous L3, plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle: U.S. Department of Transportation and General Motors