SAE International将承担建立自动驾驶车辆测试的性能标准新流程的责任，自动驾驶系统安全性能测试项目是为了响应美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）向 SAE 的请求，协助建立自动驾驶测试的监管框架。该项目由SAE首席产品官 Frank Menchaca 于2018 CAR 汽车研究中心管理简报研讨会上对外宣布。
由SAE所领导的来自产业、政府和研究组织的专家团队，将开展进行自动驾驶系统的安全性能测试项目，该项目将在制定规范与最佳实践的基础上定义一个设计范畴，而目标则是为自动驾驶车辆进行可变性能测试建立行业标准。
“SAE 正在利用其长期作为工业界、政府和全球研究界的召集人的角色，大规模地领导着该技术的发展。“Menchaca解释说。
与NHTSA共同合作的新自动驾驶汽车性能测试项目，是 SAE 所进行的有关于自动驾驶汽车开发、公众接受和意识等一系列的最新项目。近期的活动包括有向公众开放的教育论坛，研究出版物和自动驾驶体验示范等。
包括去年春天发生在美国亚利桑那州的一起有争议的死亡事件在内，一系列涉及公共道路上自动驾驶车辆测试的事故，都使得公众和政府对这些活动进行了更严格的审查。尽管美国有一半的州对自动驾驶车辆测试进行了不同程度的监管，但汽车开发商和技术供应商仍在继续争论记录测试里程以积累真实交通场景中数据的好处。
SAE International is taking the lead in a new process to establish performance standards for automated-vehicle testing.
SAE International is taking the lead in a new process to establish performance standards for automated-vehicle (AV) testing. The Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Safety Performance Testing Program is in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration request for SAE to help create a regulatory framework for AV testing. The program was announced by SAE chief product officer Frank Menchaca (right) during the 2018 CAR Management Briefing Seminar.
To create the ADS Safety Performance Testing Program, an SAE-led network of experts from industry, government, and research organizations will define a design domain based on development criteria and best practices, with the goal of establishing industry standards for variable performance testing of automated and self-driving vehicles.
“SAE is leveraging its longstanding role as a convener of industry, government and the global research community to lead the development of this [AV] technology at scale,” Menchaca explained.
The new AV performance testing program – in conjunction with NHTSA – is the latest in a series of SAE efforts related to development, public acceptance and awareness of AVs. Recent activities include educational forums, research publications and self-driving demonstrations open to the public.
A number of accidents involving AV testing on public-roads, including a controversial fatality in Arizona last spring, have put greater public and governmental scrutiny on the activities. While half of the U.S. states have regulated AV testing to varying degrees, vehicle developers and technology suppliers continue to argue the benefits of logging test miles to accumulate data in real-world traffic scenarios.
Author: Lindsay Brooke
Source: SAE Automotive Engineering Magazine
