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And he pointed out that while he sees three major challenges ahead in terms of technology, jobs and regulation, there is also an opportunity for Europe to take the lead in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Car manufacturers are in a worldwide race towards automation, including new entrants from the global ICT industry,\u0027 he said. \u0027Europe needs to win this race.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVioleta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport, said that as well as increasing road safety, a widespread uptake of connected and automated driving could help older people and those with reduced mobility fully engage with society, but it needs to be rolled out in a way that everybody can benefit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018It\u2019s time that we focus this great technology in delivering social good,\u2019 she said. \u2018I really would like to make sure that this technology is pushed as broadly as possible and it doesn\u2019t become a technology of elites. I think that we need to find a way, because it is about safety, it\u2019s about human life, it\u2019s about quality of life.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoining up\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the future, cars, trucks and buses are likely to be both automated and connected, and one of the main themes of the conference was how these fields are joining up thanks to collaboration between the automotive and telecoms industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018(When it comes to) the disruptive technology trends which we see \u2013 connectivity is there and also autonomous driving as well,\u2019 said Joost Vantomme, smart mobility director at the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). \u2018We formed an alliance with the telecommunications sector. These sectors have been living apart from each other, they didn\u2019t talk to each other. So that\u2019s new.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge is that to reap all the benefits such as reduced congestion and increased safety, cars should be able to make decisions autonomously but also based on information about what other vehicles, pedestrians and road infrastructure, such as traffic signals, are doing and intend to do.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018You cannot have connected cars with physical borders.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003ECarlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis requires a mix of communications technologies to be added to vehicles, including direct communication, where information is broadcast and picked up by the closest recipients, and cellular networks, where information is transmitted in the same way as smartphone data\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELetter of intent\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference follows the signing of a letter of intent in Rome, Italy, on 23 March by 27 EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland, to push forward with the deployment of large-scale demonstrations of connected and automated driving across Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo such initiatives are the Drive Me project in Gothenburg, Sweden, in which members of the public will test autonomous driving on public roads, and the L3PILOT project, which will show how automated cars can cross borders using 1 000 test drivers in 11 European countries. The idea is to capture the public imagination and encourage buy-in about the future of driving.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/newsalertsignup\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/horizon-magazine.eu\/research-and-innovation\/sites\/default\/files\/hm\/news-alert-final.jpg\u0022 width=\u0022983\u0022 height=\u0022222\u0022 \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommissioner Moedas pointed out that a Europe-wide approach is essential as connected cars crossing borders will need to seamlessly switch from one network to another and be able to process the same information in the same way in different countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018If you want connected cars, you need a united Europe. 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