Project Information
Please download here general project material, such as fact sheets and project figures.
- L3Pilot_CoP-ADF_v1.0.pdfL3Pilot Code of Practice for the Development of Automated Driving Functions7 MB
Deliverables
Publicly available project results and abstracts of non-public Deliverables will be available for download.
- L3Pilot Deliverable D2.3Deliverable D2.3 Code of Practice for the development of Automated Driving Functions3 MB
- L3Pilot Deliverable D4.1Deliverable D4.1 Description and Taxonomy of Automated Driving Functions5 MB
- L3Pilot Deliverable D4.2Deliverable D4.2 Legal Requirements for AD Piloting and Cyber Security Analysis4 MB
- L3Pilot Deliverable D6.2Deliverable D6.2 Database for data collection: evaluation format and common data set for future research (Non-public, Abstract)161 KB
- L3Pilot Deliverable D6.4Deliverable D6.4 Data delivery to evaluation and common data set for future research (Non-public, Abstract)159 KB
- L3Pilot Deliverable D7.1Deliverable D7.1 Annual quantitative survey about user acceptance towards ADAS and vehicle automation2 MB
Presentations and Papers
Find here project presentations and links to published papers.
L3Pilot Global User Acceptance Survey Selected Results
Essential Results
L3Pilot Final Event, 27th ITS World Congress, Hamburg, Germany
Oct 13-14, 2021
L3Pilot – The Flagship Project
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen AG
The Bright Future of Mobility
Nikolai Ardey, Volkswagen AG
EU Vision and Strategy for CCAM
Tom Alkim, European Commission
Smart and sustainable mobility – a EUCAR perspective
Stefan Deix, EUCAR
L3Pilot Key Results
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen AG
Code of Practice
Yves Page, Renault Group
Piloting Automated Driving
Luisa Andreone, Stellantis-CRF
Data Handling and Sharing
Johannes Hiller, ika
Methodology and Evaluation
Satu Innamaa, VTT
Hendrik Weber, ika
L3Pilot Methodology
Satu Innamaa, VTT
Method for Technical and Traffic Evaluation
Hendrik Weber, ika
Technical and Traffic Results Motorway Chauffeur
Barbara Metz, WIVW
Technical and Traffic Assessment Results Urban ADF
Johannes Hiller, ika
Parking Chauffeur - Results
Barbara Metz, WIVW
Piloting Site Questionnaire: User and Acceptance Evaluation
Natasha Merat, Yee Mun Lee, Ruth Madigan, Tyron Louw, University of Leeds
User and Acceptance Evaluation: Video Coding
Linda Pipkorn, Chalmers University
Thomas Streubel, Chalmers University
L3Pilot Published Databases
Hendrik Weber, ika
Human Driving Behavior and ADF Performance in Urban Traffic Areas
Meng Zhang, Juan Trullos, Michael Böhm, Marek Junghans, DLR
EU Support for Large-Scale Cooperation
Marcel Rommerts, CINEA
Supplementary Studies
Barbara Metz, WIVW
Investigating Drivers’ Car-Following Behaviour After Automated Driving
Tyron Louw, University of Leeds
Long-Term User Acceptance and Trust in Automated Vehicles: Results of a Real-Traffic Study
Alexander Zerbe, bast
Wizard-of-Oz Studies on Test Track and Public Roads
Linda Pipkorn, Chalmers University
Driving Simulator Study on Long-Term Effects on User Acceptance and Behavioural Adaptation to ADF
Johanna Wörle, WIVW
Mobility Impact Assessment
Esko Lehtonen, Fanny Malin, VTT
Efficiency and Environmental Impact Assessment
Elina Aittoniemi, Teemu Itkonen, Satu Innamaa, Mina Torrao, Henri Sintonen, VTT
Michael Schuldes, ika
Safety Impact Assessment
Monte-Carlo Traffic Simulation-Based Assessment: Felix Fahrenkrog, BMW
Counterfactual Simulation: Pierluigi Olleja, Chalmers University
Monte-Carlo based Driving Scenario (Urban) Simulation: Hendrik Weber, ika
Parking ADF: Marcel Borrack, AZT
Safety Impact Assessment Qualitative Analysis: Yves Page, Renault Group
Scaling up − Safety Impact Assessment
Anne Silla, Fanny Malin, Henri Sintonen, Satu Innamaa, VTT
Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
Afsaneh Bjorvatn, Per Heum, Karl Rolf Pedersen, SNF
ADF Impact Assessment – Wrap-Up Session
Hendrik Weber, ika
Yves Page, Renault Group
L3 Pilot Global User Acceptance Survey
Tanja Kessel, EICT
Collaborative Business Models for Automated Driving – Design and Evaluation
Frank Berkers, Sri Ganesan, TNO
David Ertl, FIA
Eckhard Schueler-Hainsch, EICT
Outlook
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen AG
EUCAD 2021, Virtual
Apr 20-22, 2021
Vehicle Automated Functions Challenges
Luisa Andreone, CRF
The L3Pilot Approach – From vehicle data collection to a common data base
Barbara Metz, WIVW
ARCADE: workshop on data sharing for automated driving
Feb 25, 2021
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Yves Page, RENAULT
Getting from Vehicle Data to Evaluation Data
Johannes Hiller, ika RWTH Aachen University
[Journal] Louw, T., Madigan, R., Lee, Y.M., Nordhoff, S., Lehtonen, E., Innamaa, S., Malin, F., Bjorvatn, A., Merat, N. (2021). Drivers’ Intentions to Use Different Functionalities of Conditionally Automated Cars: A Survey Study of 18,631 Drivers from 17 Countries (→external link).
[Journal] Wörle, J., Metz, B., Steinborn, M., Huestegge, L., Baumann, M. (2021). Differential effects of driver sleepiness and sleep inertia on driving behavior (→external link).
[Journal] Metz, B., Wörle, J., Hanig, M., Schmitt, M., Lutz, A. (2020). Repeated usage of a motorway automated driving function: Automation level and behavioural adaption (→external link).
[Journal] Lehtonen, E., Malin, F., Innamaa, S., Nordhoff, S. , Louw, T., Bjorvatn, A., Merat, N. (2020). Are multimodal travellers going to abandon sustainable travel for L3 automated vehicles? (→external link).
[Journal] Lehtonen, E., Wörle, J., Malin, F., Metz, B., Innamaa, S. (2020). Travel experience matters: Expected personal mobility impacts after simulated L3/L4 automated driving (→external link).
[Journal] Berta, R., Kobeissi, A., Bellotti, F., De Gloria, A. (2020). Atmosphere, an Open Source Measurement-Oriented Data Framework for IoT (→external link).
[Journal] Hiller, J., Koskinen, S., Berta, R., Osman, N., Nagy, B., Bellotti, F., Rahman, A., Svanberg, E., Weber, H., Arnold, E., Dianati, M., De Gloria, A. (2020). The L3Pilot Data Management Toolchain for a Level 3 Vehicle Automation Pilot (→external link).
[Journal] Nordhoff, S., Louw, T., Innamaa, S., Lehtonen, E., Beuster, A., Torrao, G., Bjorvatn, A., Kessel, T., Malin, F., Happee, R., Merat, N. (2020). Using the UTAUT2 model to explain public acceptance of conditionally automated (L3) cars: A questionnaire study among 9,118 car drivers from eight European countries (→external link).
[Journal] Bellotti, F., Osman, N., Arnold, E.H., Mozaffari, S., Innamaa, S., Louw, T., Torrao, G., Weber, H., Hiller, J., De Gloria, A., Dianati, M., Berta, R. (2020). Managing Big Data for Addressing Research Questions in a Collaborative Project on Automated Driving Impact Assessment (→external link).
[Journal] Louw, T., Goncalves, R., Torrao, G., Radhakrishnan, V., Lyu, W., Guillen, P. P., Merat, N. (2020). Do drivers change their manual car-following behaviour after automated car-following? (→external link).
[Journal] Pipkorn, L., Victor, T., Dozza, M., Tivesten, E. (2020). Automation Aftereffects: The Influence of Automation Duration, Test Track and Timings (→external link).
[Journal] Wolter, S., Caccia Dominioni, G., Hergeth, S., Tango, F., Whitehouse, S., Naujoks, F. (2020). Human–Vehicle Integration in the Code of Practice for Automated Driving (→external link).
[Journal] Pipkorn, L., Victor, T., Dozza, M., Tivesten, E. (2020). Driver conflict response during supervised automation: Do hands on wheel matter? (→external link).
[Journal] Metz, B., Wörle, J., Hanig, M., Schmitt, M., Lutz, A. (2020). Repeated Usage of an L3 Motorway Chauffeur: Change of Evaluation and Usage (→external link).
Virtual ITS European Congress
Nov 9-10, 2020
PS1122 - Comprehensive tools for advancing Automated Driving systems
[L3Pilot presentations]
Comprehensive Methodology for Evaluating Automated Driving in Europe
Satu Innamaa, VTT
Code of Practice for Automated Driving
Felix Fahrenkrog, BMW
Common Data Format for Automated Driving Testing
Johannes Hiller, ika
User Study
Sina Nordhoff, EICT
L3Pilot Summer School, Virtual
Sep 9-10, 2020
Piloting Automated Driving in European Roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Innovation, Germany
Automated Driving L3 and beyond – the key aspects
Angelos Amditis, ICCS, Greece
Towards a Code of Practice for Automated Driving
Stefan Wolter, Ford, Germany
Admission procedures for testing on public roads in the Netherlands
Pieter van der Stoep, RDW, the Netherlands
Human, what human?
Oliver Carsten, University of Leeds, UK
Transition in Automated Driving
Alexander Eriksson, Volvo Cars, Sweden
Transition from automated to manual driving: What factors influence take-over time and performance?
Marieke Martens, TNO, the Netherlands
Designing interaction of automated vehicles for mixed traffic environment: Development, integration and evaluation of the interACT system
Fabio Tango, CRF, Italy
Intelligent Road and Infrastructure data for automated driving
Dominique Gruyer, Nicolas Hautière, University Gustave Eiffel, France
Case for Connected Autonomy and Implications for 5G Systems
Mehrdad Dianati, University of Warwick, UK
Enabling automation for Heavy Duty Vehicles – What the key aspects are
Marc-Michael Meinecke, Volkswagen Group Innovation, Germany
Data Privacy for Automation: Leveraging Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Jesus Diaz Vico, IBM Research Division, Switzerland
Cyber-Security for Automation: The Challenge
Jonathan Petit, Qualcomm, USA
Testing framework for Automated Driving
Adrian Zlocki, fka GmbH, Germany
Harmonised European Solutions for Testing Automated Road Transport – The Headstart Approach
Álvaro Arrúe, Applus IDIADA, Spain
Towards a robust verification methodology for CAVs
James McCallion, Horiba Mira, UK
Wizard of Oz design for testing automated driving on public roads
Thomas Streubel, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Deep Neural Networks based Simulation for Next Generation AD Virtual Testing
Heikki Laine, VP Product, Cognata, Israel
Multisensor Large Scale Data Management for Training Sets and Ground Truth Automatic Generation
Marcos Nieto, Vicomtech, Spain
Validation of automated driving systems using scenario-based massive simulations
Alexandru Forrai, Siemens Digital Industries Software, The Netherlands
Transport Research Arena 2020, Webinar
June 23, 2020
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Innovation
Transport Research Arena 2020, Helsinki, Finland
April 27-30, 2020 (conference cancelled)
Innamaa, S., Louw, T., Merat, N., Torrao, G., & Aittoniemi, E. (2020). Applying the FESTA methodology to automated driving pilots (→external link).
[Book Chapter] Rösener, C., Zlocki, A., Weber, H., Hiller, J. (2019). Evaluation of Automated Driving by Large-Scale Piloting on European Roads – The L3Pilot Project. In G. Meyer & S. Beiker (Eds.), Road Vehicle Automation 6 (→external link).
L3Pilot second Showcase, EUCAR Annual Reception & Conference, Autoworld Brussels, Belgium
Nov 6-7, 2019
Towards an integrated approach to testing automated driving on public roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Innovation
26th ITS World Congress, Singapore
Oct 21-25, 2019
Nagy B, Hiller J, Osman N, Koskinen S, Svanberg E, Bellotti F, Berta R, Kobeissi A, De Gloria A. (2019). Building a Data Management Toolchain for a Level 3 Vehicle Automation Pilot (→external link).
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Towards an integrated approach to testing automated driving on public roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen, Germany
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SIS23 Testing of Automated Driving on Public Roads: Challenges and First Lessons Learned
Organiser: Aria Etemad, Volkswagen; Moderator: Angelos Amditis, ICCS
Speakers:
Methodology for evaluating automated driving in Europe
Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland
Cyber-security for AD experiments in Europe
Jukka Laitinen, VTT, Finland, Anastasia Bolovinou, ICCS, Greece
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Technical Session 23:
Methodological challenges related to real-world automated driving pilots
Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland
Assessing mobility impacts of automated driving in L3Pilot
Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland
Setting up Experimental Procedure for Level 3 Automated Driving Pilots
Merja Penttinen, VTT, Finland
Automated Vehicles Symposium, Orlando, USA
Jul 15-18, 2019
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland
Intelligent Vehicle Symposium, Paris, France
Jun 9-12, 2019
Bolovinou A, Atmaca U, Sheik A, Ur-Rehman O, Wallraf G, Amditis A. (2019). TARA+: Controllability-aware Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment for L3 Automated Driving Systems(→external link)
ITS European Congress 2019, Brainport Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jun 3-6, 2019
From research questions and study design to common data format
Satu Innamaa, VTT
2018 21th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Hawaii, USA
Nov 4-7, 2018
Roesener C, Harth M, Weber H, Josten J, Eckstein L. (2018). Modelling Human Driver Performance for Safety Assessment of Road Vehicle Automation (→external link)
L3Pilot first Showcase, EUCAR Annual Reception & Conference, Autoworld Brussels, Belgium
Nov 6-7, 2018
Speakers:
Overview over L3Pilot, User study
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Research
Implementation of ADFs and pre-piloting
Yves Page, Groupe Renault
From research questions and study design to common data format
Satu Innamaa, VTT
Draft Code of Practice
Robert Martinez von Buelow, BMW
IEDAS 2018, Ingolstadt, Germany
Oct 24-25, 2018
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Florian Raisch, BMW
25th ITS World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 17-21, 2018
SIS45 Challenges on Testing and Validation of Automated Driving
Organiser: Aria Etemad, VW; Moderator: Angelos Amditis, ICCS
Speakers:
Pilot preparation and automated driving functions
Yves Page, Groupe Renault
Methodology for piloting, testing and evaluation of automated driving system
Satu Innamaa, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
Evaluation Methodology of Automated Driving
Hendrik Weber, ika
Validation scenarios for VRU – Results of the PROSPECT project
Andrés Aparicio, ADAS/AD
Code of practice for automated driving functions
Andreas Knapp, Daimler AG
TS55 Impact Evaluation
Methodology for evaluation in L3Pilot
Satu Innamaa, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
First L3Pilot webinar
Sep 6, 2018
Part of the CAD webinar series, moderated by Sophia Adam, ICCS
Speakers:
Brief introduction to L3Pilot project, Sarah Metzner, EICT
Objectives of L3Pilot methodology, Satu Innamaa, VTT
Setting experimental procedures for the pilots, Merja Penttinen, VTT
Evaluation method for takeover requests, Barbara Metz, WIVW
Entire webinar on YouTube (→external link).
European Transport Research Conference (TRA), Vienna, Austria
Apr 16-19, 2018
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Research
Driving Future Platform, Brussels, Belgium
Mar 7, 2018
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Research
AAAS 2018 (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Texas, USA
Feb 16, 2018
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Research, represented by Ingrid Skogsmo, European Comission
TRB 97th Annual Meeting 2018
Jan 7-11, 2018
Overview of automated driving research in Europa
Angelos Amditis, ICCS
Symposium on Automated and Connected Driving, Berlin, Germany
Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2017
Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads
Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Research
Project Newsletters
Please download here L3Pilot newsletters.
L3Pilot Newsletter #08 (→external link)
July 27, 2021
L3Pilot Newsletter #07 (→external link)
June 3, 2021
L3Pilot Newsletter #06
June 9, 2020
L3Pilot Newsletter #05
December 18, 2019
L3Pilot Newsletter #04
October 22, 2019
L3Pilot Newsletter #03
May 15, 2019
L3Pilot Newsletter #02
December 4, 2018
L3Pilot Newsletter #01
July 16, 2018
Articles on L3Pilot
Please find here links to articles about the project.
2021
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Automated Driving Project (2021) (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot project ITS Hamburg 2021 (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Meet the Team #1 (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Meet the Team #2 (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Meet the Team #3 (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Meet the Team #4 (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Meet the Team #5 (→external link)
- Video: Stellantis: L3Pilot Meet the Team #6 (→external link)
- L3Pilot concludes in Hamburg, Autonomous Vehicle International (→external link)
- Stellantis shares results, Automotive World (→external link)
- Honda showcase during ITS World Congress 2021, carscoops (→external link)
- Video: BMW group making a mark with AD technology (→external link)
- Keine Angst vor dem Autopiloten, Autobild, in German (→external link)
2020
2019
- Toyota inizia i test di guida autonoma in Europa (→external link)
- Toyota prueba la tecnología autónoma en carreteras europeas (→external link)
- VW informiert über neues Projekt, Wolfsburger Allgemeine, in German (→external link)
- Toyota to test autonomous Lexus LS on European roads (→external link)
- Groupe PSA continues its autonomous driving tests as part of the European L3Pilot project, autofutures.tv (→external link)
- Project in Focus, EUCAR (→external link)
- L3Pilot result in brief published on CORDIS (→external link)
- 5 fully equipped vehicles at 2019 EUCAD Conference, EUCAR (→external link)
- Groupe PSA testing Level 3 autonomous driving in France (→external link)
- PSA and VW Group projects take driverless cars to public roads (→external link)
- PSA Group - Progress Report: Autonomous Vehicle Driving (→external link)
2018
- Autonome Autos: 1.000 Testfahrer für Europas Straßen, heise online, in German (→external link)
- L3Pilot at EUCAR R&C 2018, EUCAR (→external link)
- L3Pilot on TRIMIS (→external link)
- Interview with Afsaneh Bjorvatn: Let the robots take over the wheel (→external link)
2017
- Project in Focus, EUCAR (→external link)
Press releases
- L3Pilot_PressRelease_FinalEventL3Pilot Final Event at ITS World Congress 2021 - Final Demonstration, Exhibition and Project Results, October 11, 2021293 KB