Safe AI Engineering, funded by the BMWK under the New Vehicle and System Technologies programme, aims to enable comprehensive verification of AI safety for autonomous vehicles, paving the way for their reliable and secure use. The funding guidelines titled “Ensuring a Viable and Sustainable Mobility System through Automated Driving and Connectivity” aimed to support developments in the fields of automated and connected driving as integral components of the future mobility system.
Name in original language
Strategie automatisiertes und vernetztes Fahren
Initiative overview
In 2013, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure established the Automated Driving Round Table, an advisory body that enables a close exchange of ideas and experience among stakeholders from industry, academia, associations and public administration and pools the required know-how in such a way that a broad-based societal consensus can be achieved on all relevant aspects of automated and connected driving. The Round Table meets twice a year and has, among other things, determined which research areas are to be taken into account when developing automated driving. In September 2015, on the basis of recommendations made by the "Automated Driving" Round Table, the Federal Government published the "Strategy for Automated and Connected Driving - Remain a lead provider, become a lead market, introduce regular operations", thereby adopting guidelines on how to exploit the opportunities for growth and prosperity inherent in automated and connected driving.Objectives:To increase traffic efficiency.To increase traffic safety.To reduce mobility-related emissions.Strengthening the innovation and business location
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI; Bundesministerium für Verkehr und Digitale Infrastruktur)
