The European Parliament’s STOA Panel has published a new study on the “Expected impact of the deployment of Automated Vehicles in the EU”, which explores how connected automated mobility could reshape Europe’s regulatory and industrial framework.

The analysis was based on technological assessment, scenario development, and policy evaluation, as well as recent advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software-Defined Vehicles, and Intelligent Infrastructure. It uses three scenarios – European Leadership, Selective Strengths and Dependencies, and External Dependence¹ – as a framework for assessing policy options related to legislation, deployment, and EU support for research and development.

While Europe already benefits from strong foundations in safety, regulation and system integration, the study authors recommend to enhance CCAM assessment capabilities, keep sovereignty over essential building blocks such as some critical technologies and implement strategic industrial and R&D safeguards to keep pace with technological advances in the US and China.

Source: The CCAM Partnership’s article was published here, while the study (executive summary and complete text) are available here

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1. Scenario 1 – European Leadership: Through strong coordination and technological leadership, the EU is becoming a global leader in AV technology, regulation, and deployment; Scenario 2 – Selective Strengths and Dependencies: Europe maintains excellence in selected domains but remains dependent on foreign technologies in critical areas such as AI hardware or data infrastructure; Scenario 3 – External Dependence: The EU relies heavily on non-European developments, adopting external standards and technologies. ↩︎