Project description
Connecting cars to the internet to increase road safety
The growth of transport mobility requires increased road safety systems. Thanks to technological advances, cars equipped with internet access can share important data. Finland’s RoadCloud Oy has developed a system based on sensors and data collection that is introduced in high mileage cars like taxis. The system collects data related to the vehicle and road friction, and relays this information to a cloud database for processing. The EU-funded WAY2GO project will examine the possibilities of establishing Connected Car (CC) data ecosystems that will inform road users in real-time of possible threats in particular road sections. The system will reinforce security, reduce traffic problems and limit pollution.
Objective
RoadCloud Oy is a company developing innovative systems for road safety and connected cars.
RoadCloud Oy has developed and patented an inexpensive road surface condition probe that, when fused together with
vehicle dynamics measurements and GNSS data, provides continuous data on tyre-road friction. We retrofit our sensor and
data collection system into vehicles with high daily mileage and operating hours up to 20 hours per day, such as taxis. This
real-time road friction and vehicle data is sent to a cloud database and refined into information products for customers. Our
key product is accurate and local real-time road weather information that is increasingly important when autonomous
functions are becoming more popular, but already a very effective tool for road maintenance.
This project will explore potential of expediting creation of Connected Car (CC) data ecosystems. Connected Car data
ecosystem will improve traffic safety, reduce traffic jams, improve efficiency and reduce pollution from our traffic system.
Effect on traffic safety is very clear: e.g. a vehicle in emergency braking can share its situation for road users approaching
that particular road section. It will also expedite introduction of MAAS (Mobility as a service) by providing value from the fleet.
Currently data from road vehicles is available only for the automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), but data is
owned by vehicle owner (car data is under e-privacy) that has no direct access to the data. If we wait that all this technology
and data is available from new and luxury cars, it will take several decades before we actually see these benefits. By
introducing RoadCloud’s retrofitted data gateways with permission of vehicle owners, we can significantly speed up the
progress and draw OEMs along to spread the Connected Car technology faster.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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Finland
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