What we know and do not know about connected and autonomous vehicles

Abstract

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) have the potential to drastically change the structure of future cities and regions. Researchers predict different outcomes to result from the emergence of CAV technology. While some see their potential as amounting to a complete overhaul of the transport system, others predict the technology will be slow to be adopted and may face competition from other mobility options such as drones. Therefore, the future can be viewed along a spectrum, ranging from no CAVs to a fully driverless transport system. This paper presents an overview of the past attempts on studying CAVs and their impacts to provide a comprehensive view about possible futures with CAVs. The paper presents detailed discussions on the adoption scenarios for CAV and their possible impact on city and transport systems. A bibliometric analysis is also provided in the paper to elaborate on the evolution of disciplines related to CAVs.

KEYWORDS:

• Bibliometric analysis
• connected and autonomous vehicles
• modelling
• multitasking
• value of time

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Professor Chaomei Chen for his technical help.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

THR acknowledges the support from the Australian Research Council for support provided through the DECRA scheme DE170101346.