The Development of Autonomous Driving Vehicles in Tomorrow's Smart Cities Mobility

This article focuses on the state of the art of autonomous driving vehicles (AV), with particular regard to standard equipment currently in use and future developments. The development of these vehicles will allow to achieving better safety standards, less environmental pollution, greater social equity. Many studies show that these vehicles will be widespread in our streets within 20-30 years. The world around us is rapidly changing, changing the way people and goods travel in and through our cities. By 2030, annual passenger traffic will increase by 50% while global freight volumes traded in the world will grow by 70%; another 1.2 billion cars will travel in our streets by 2050 (twice the current cars). The development of appropriate infrastructures is necessary so that all this is possible.