IEEE and American Center for Mobility Agree to Collaborate on Technical Standards for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Agreement brings together industry and academia to identify
standards, validation and conformance requirements

PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#EV—IEEE,
the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to
advancing technology for humanity, announced today the signing of a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American Center for Mobility
(ACM), a global center for testing and validation, product development,
education and standards work for connected and autonomous vehicles and
other technologies. The MOU is intended to help accelerate development
and deployment of technical standards.

The IEEE
Transportation Electrification Community (TEC) coordinates IEEE
activities in the electrification revolution across transportation
domains, including advances in electric and hybrid cars, more-electric
ships and aircraft, rail systems, personal transport and the motive,
storage, power grid, electronic intelligence and control technologies
that make them possible.

The American Center for Mobility and IEEE TEC will identify needs for
standards, as well as validation and conformance testing requirements,
as part of the agreement. IEEE TEC and the American Center for Mobility
will also promote the importance of standards, interoperability and
validation and testing compliance.

“Across wireless, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure
communications, 5G, and a host of other areas, IEEE is a global leader
in standards development and expertise for connected and automated
vehicles and related technologies and infrastructure,” said John Maddox,
American Center for Mobility President & CEO. “This makes the IEEE
Transportation Electrification Community an ideal partner for the
American Center for Mobility in our work to serve the broad needs of
industry and government in testing vehicles, roads, infrastructure and
communication systems, as well as national standards for mobility
technologies before vehicles and other products are deployed.”

The American Center for Mobility is a uniquely purpose-built premiere
national facility for mobility and advanced automotive testing and
product development focusing on testing, validation and
self-certification of connected and automated vehicles and other
mobility technologies at the 500-acre historic Willow Run site in
Southeast Michigan.

“This agreement connects us formally with a world-class testing and
validation environment in the American Center for Mobility, through
which technologies and systems can be continually improved,” said Yaobin
Chen, chair of IEEE TEC. “Together, our organizations can generate the
crucially needed data that government officials, regulatory agencies,
etc. can leverage for scientifically based decision making to the
benefit of the future of electric transportation.”

About IEEE

IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization
dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through
its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and
professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice in a
wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers, and
telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power, and
consumer electronics. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org.

About American Center for Mobility

The American Center for Mobility is a nonprofit testing, education and
product development facility for future mobility, designed to enable
safe validation and self-certification of connected and automated
vehicle technology, and to accelerate the development of voluntary
standards. ACM is one of 10 U.S. DOT designated Automated Vehicle
Proving Grounds in the U.S. The Center is a joint initiative with the
State of Michigan founded in partnership with the Michigan Department of
Transportation, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the
University of Michigan, Business Leaders for Michigan and Ann Arbor
SPARK. It is also part of PlanetM, a collaborative that represents
Michigan’s unique and vast mobility ecosystem, connecting resources and
opportunities for its consortium of members. To learn more about ACM,
visit www.acmwillowrun.org.

Contacts

Interprose for IEEE
Laurie Davis, 804-276-0981
[email protected]
or
American
Center for Mobility
Tracey Shavers, 248-203-8662
[email protected]