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Editorial

Defining and standardizing AV tech EDITORIAL Midwest/Great Lakes:
IN, MI, WI, IA, IL, MN
and testing Bill Visnic Chris Kennedy
Editorial Director
+1.847.498.4520, x3008
Bill.Visnic@sae.org
ckennedy@techbriefs.com
Lindsay Brooke Midwest/Central Canada:
What are your greatest needs today’s Monroney window-sticker in Editor-in-Chief KS, KY, MO, NE, ND, SD, ON, MB
Bob Casey
Lindsay.Brooke@sae.org
related to Standards? That question is one listing expectations for driver-assistance Paul Seredynski +1.847.223.5225
bobc@techbriefs.com
I typically ask during my conversations technology including automatic emer- Senior Editor Southern CA, AZ, NM,
Paul.Seredynski@sae.org
and formal interviews with mobility-in- gency braking, lane-keeping assist, etc. Ryan Gehm Rocky Mountain States:
Tim Powers
dustry engineers. As might be expected, An interesting idea worth further Associate Editor +1.424.247.9207
Ryan.Gehm@sae.org
tpowers@techbriefs.com
those involved with AV development tend discussion. Implementing it would be Jennifer Shuttleworth Northern CA, WA, OR,
Associate Editor
to offer a robust list of standards they’d far from a finger snap, I reckon. Another Jennifer.Shuttleworth@sae.org Western Canada:
Craig Pitcher
like SAE International to pursue. growing need was the creation of guide- Lisa Arrigo +1.408.778.0300
cpitcher@techbriefs.com
Custom Electronic
Bryan Salesky, CEO of self-driving lines for the “safety test drivers” that are Products Editor International
Lisa.Arrigo@sae.org
vehicle systems supplier Argo AI, recently essential to on-road testing programs. Contributors Europe – Central & Eastern:
told me and my SAE Media colleague Bill There’s good news here: Late last year, Kami Buchholz Sven Anacker
Britta Steinberg
Visnic that his development the Automated Vehicle Detroit Editor +49.202.27169.11
sa@intermediapartners.de
teams want “more termi- Clearer and Safety Consortium, an Stuart Birch steinberg@intermediapartners.de
European Editor
nology and definitions,” more detailed SAE affiliate comprised Terry Costlow Europe – Western:
Chris Shaw
Electronic Technologies Editor
an area in which SAE’s terminology of OEMs and ride-share Bradley Berman +44.1270.522130
chris.shaw@chrisshawmedia.co.uk
Standards Committees companies aimed at U.S. West Coast Editor China:
are already focused. The related to establishing a Level 4/5 Sebastian Blanco, Don Sherman, +86.21.6140.8920
Alan Ao
Paul Weissler
committees’ scope goes AVs and their testing framework, issued DESIGN alan.ao@sae.org
Japan:
beyond vehicle nomencla- testing is in its first best practice Lois Erlacher Shigenori Nagatomo
+81.3.3661.6138
tures, to include the various related to AV test-driver Creative Director Nagatomo-pbi@gol.com
Ray Carlson
South Korea:
interrelated ecosystems. SAE Standards qualification, selection, Associate Art Director Eun-Tae Kim
+82-2-564-3971/2
Within this broad development. training and monitoring SALES & ksae1@ksae.org
sphere is J3194,“Standard processes, along with MARKETING Integrated Media
-Taxonomy and Classification of in-vehicle operational guidance. Joe Pramberger Consultants
Publisher
Micromobility.” Its aim is to establish basic “There is a lot of urgency around joe@techbriefs.com Angelo Danza
+1.973.874.0271
language for those developing, operating establishing a baseline for this,” AVSC Debbie Rothwell adanza@techbriefs.com
Marketing Director
and regulating the booming universe of Executive Director Dr. Ed Straub told me. drothwell@techbriefs.com Christian DeLalla
+1.973.841.6035
Martha Tress
e-bikes, motorized and non-motorized “This step should inform those compa- Recruitment Sales Manager christiand@techbriefs.com
Casey Hanson
scooters and other “last mile” devices – nies that maybe are new or have less +1.724.772.7155 +1.973.841.6040
Martha.Tress@sae.org
chanson@techbriefs.com
electric unicycles, anyone? - that could experience in testing. And it can also be REGIONAL SALES Patrick Harvey
end up being more of a problem than a used as a reference by municipalities or North America +1.973.409.4686
pharvey@techbriefs.com
mobility solution. DoTs to ask questions of companies that New England/Eastern Canada: Todd Holtz
ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, QC
+1.973.545.2566
Salesky, who is one of the bona-fide are doing testing on their roads.” Ed Marecki tholtz@techbriefs.com
AV pioneers (watch for the March issue AVSC works closely with SAE +1.401.351.0274 Rick Rosenberg
emarecki@techbriefs.com
+1.973.545.2565
of AVE), also noted that the industry Standards committees and is now CT: rrosenberg@techbriefs.com
Stan Greenfield
“needs a way to communicate to the focused on introducing the ideas put +1.203.938.2418 Scott Williams
+1.973.545.2464
greenco@optonline.net
consumer, as clearly and succinctly as forward in this best practice so it can Mid-Atlantic/Southeast/TX: swilliams@techbriefs.com
possible, what they can expect from a be integrated into an open, formal MD, DC, VA, WV, TN, NC, SC, GA, SUBSCRIPTIONS
FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, OK, TX
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piece of automation on their vehicle.” industry standard. Ray Tompkins AVE@OMEDA.COM
+1.281.313.1004
He’s not alone in this opinion. I’ve heard Regulations typically can take rayt@techbriefs.com REPRINTS
NY, NJ, OH:
others propose that the industry offer a long time to develop, particularly Ryan Beckman Jill Kaletha
+1.973.409.4687
basic performance descriptions for for fast-moving tech such as AVs. It’s rbeckman@techbriefs.com +1.574.347.4211
jkaletha@mossbergco.com
each feature that provides SAE Levels incumbent upon industry, in partnership PA/DE:
Desiree Stygar
1-through-4 functionality in a given with SAE, to lead the way. +1.908.300.2539
dstygar@techbriefs.com
vehicle. Such a roster would go beyond Lindsay Brooke, Editor-in-Chief
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