Autonomous vehicles and future mobility solutions

Abstract Today’s technological innovations are creating the base for mobility solutions, which, accompanied to cultural and socio-economic changes taking place all over the world, open the door to new mobility scenarios. The challenge of innovation in the transport sector, including road, sea, rail, and air, is represented by automation of vehicles, particularly the automotive, from the viewpoint of demonstration and validation. This chapter presents the state of the art of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) development outlining the conditions for sustainable mobility solutions and new business models for transport services.