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Pandemic effects to autonomous vehicles test operations in California
Author(s) -
Adrian Chen Yang Tan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0264484
Subject(s) - pandemic , test (biology) , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , aeronautics , product (mathematics) , test strategy , business , engineering , computer science , medicine , virology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , disease , software , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , programming language
Companies developing automated driving system (ADS) technologies have spent heavily in recent years to conduct live testing of autonomous vehicles operating in real world environments to ensure their reliable and safe operations. However, the unexpected onset and ongoing resurgent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic starting in March 2020 has serve to halt, change, or delay the achievement of these new product development test objectives. This study draws on data obtained from the California automated vehicle test program to determine the extent that testing trends, test resumptions, and test environments have been affected by the pandemic. The importance of government policies to support and enable autonomous vehicles development during pandemic conditions is highlighted.

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