Autonomous cars, development of modern transport technology

Abstract

The article presents selected issues from the conducted research and analyzes in the field of the development of autonomous vehicles, carried out under the project: Polish road to Automation of Road Transport. The development of autonomous cars is a global challenge for the automotive industry. The creation of a fully autonomous vehicle capable of transporting passengers and goods without the participation of a driver has become a priority goal of automotive concerns. The huge costs incurred by automotive concerns for the development of autonomous vehicles prove the progressing automotive revolution, which will have a significant impact on the shape of future transport systems, transport based on autonomous transport. Very often in the literature there are overly optimistic forecasts for the development of autonomous vehicles, as well as overestimating the benefits they are to bring, without pointing to the costs and problems of their implementation and functioning in the real transport system. The publication presents forecasts for the development of autonomous vehicles as well as the related risks and advantages of their implementation. The factors that have a significant impact on the development of these vehicles are also outlined.

Autonomous Vehicle Design in Lean Product Development Processes for Value Stream Map

“…Competition in today's automotive industry, where the physical and virtual communication boundaries have been lifted and global brand mergers have become common, especially in the product development and manufacturing industry, is spreading in the design and application of autonomous vehicle technologies. With the use of personal and vehicle safety technologies in autonomous vehicles in the near future, it seems that the substitution of driverless vehicles will increase, as they become sufficiently safe [39]. Today, the new product development process created by the innovation-oriented competition approach has turned towards the efficiency of the value creation and preservation flow under the concept of simplification.…”