AEVAC
What does this mean?
Plain explanations of the words used on this website. You can also open them where they first appear on each page.
- 5G
- Fifth generation of mobile networks. It provides capabilities for transmitting data and connecting devices, with performance depending on the network and conditions of use.
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- Accessibility
- Design of services, environments and tools so that people with different needs can use them. For a journey, this includes information, booking, access to the vehicle and arrival at the destination.
- Artificial intelligence
- Computer systems that use data to generate predictions, recommendations or decisions. In a vehicle, they can help interpret the surroundings and decide how to act.
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- Automated driving
- Driving in which a system performs part or all of the driving task. The person's role depends on the automation level and operating conditions.
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- Autonomous vehicle
- Vehicle whose system can perform the driving task without a person at the wheel, within the conditions it was designed for. Those conditions may include the area, road type or weather.
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- CCAM
- Short for cooperative, connected and automated mobility. It describes systems in which vehicles and infrastructure share information and driving includes automation.
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- Certification
- Written assurance from an independent body that a product, service or system meets specific requirements. Each certificate covers a defined set of requirements.
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- Closed test environment
- Site or track with controlled access where a vehicle or system is tested. It allows test situations to be prepared before trials on roads open to traffic.
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- Cloud
- Computing resources, such as storage or software, accessed over a network. They allow data and services hosted on other computers to be used.
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- Connected vehicle
- Vehicle that exchanges data with other vehicles, infrastructure or network services. This connection can provide useful information for the journey.
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- Consortium
- Group of organisations working together on a project and sharing its tasks. In European projects, it may include businesses, universities and other organisations from different countries.
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- Contracting body
- Person or body within a public organisation authorised to enter into contracts on its behalf. It makes contracting decisions within its assigned powers.
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- CORDIS
- European Commission information service for research projects and results funded through its programmes. It provides project records and published results.
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- Cybersecurity
- Measures to protect systems, networks and data against attacks or unauthorised access. In mobility, they also help protect services and the people using them.
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- Demand-responsive transport
- Transport service that adapts to people's travel requests. Depending on the service, bookings may change the route, stops or timetable.
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- GDPR
- EU regulation setting out how personal data must be handled and the rights people have over it. It applies, for example, to data collected when booking a journey.
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- HD map
- Highly detailed digital map that helps a vehicle locate itself and plan its route. It may include lanes, signs and other road features.
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- Horizon Europe
- European Union programme funding research and innovation. Organisations can work together on projects through its calls for proposals.
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- Internet of Things
- Objects and devices connected to collect or exchange information. For example, a traffic sensor can send its measurements to another system.
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- Interoperability
- Ability of different systems or organisations to exchange information and use it in compatible ways. It allows them to work together even when they use different tools.
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- LIDAR
- Sensor that uses pulses of laser light to measure distances. It helps build a three-dimensional picture of the vehicle's surroundings.
- Mobility as a Service
- Way of bringing different transport options into one service to plan and, depending on the offer, book or pay for a journey. It may combine public transport, shared vehicles and demand-responsive transport.
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- Operational design domain (ODD)
- Set of conditions in which an automated driving system is designed to operate. It may include the area, road type, speed and weather.
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- Personal data
- Information that identifies a person, directly or when combined with other data. It may include a name, an identifier or location data.
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- PIC
- Nine-digit code identifying an organisation in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. It is used in applications and project correspondence.
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- Pilot project
- Trial of a service or technology under specific conditions before wider use. It helps identify what works and what needs improving.
- Platooning
- Several vehicles travelling as a group and coordinating their spacing and actions such as acceleration or braking. It may use communications and automation systems.
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- Radar
- Sensor that uses radio waves to detect objects and measure their distance and speed. It is one of the tools a vehicle can use to sense its surroundings.
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- Regulatory sandbox
- Controlled environment for developing and testing innovations under authority supervision and agreed conditions. It allows learning about how they work and the rules that affect them.
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- Shuttle
- Vehicle linking nearby places or following a specific route, for example between a station and a campus. A shuttle may have a driver or use automated driving.
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- Smart infrastructure
- Roadside equipment and digital systems that collect or share information to help manage transport. Examples include sensors, connected traffic lights and communications with vehicles.
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- Stakeholders
- People or organisations involved in or affected by an activity. In mobility, they may include travellers, public authorities, businesses and transport operators.
- Standardisation
- Process of agreeing technical standards so that products, systems or services follow common criteria. In mobility, it helps equipment from different organisations work together.
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- Technical standard
- Document agreed by experts that sets requirements or guidance for a product, system or process. It helps different organisations use common criteria.
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- Technology readiness level
- Scale from 1 to 9 showing how far a technology has been developed and tested. It ranges from basic principles to a system proven in its operating environment.
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- Tender specifications
- Document setting out the conditions of a public contract. Tender documents explain what is needed, which requirements must be met and how bids will be assessed.
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- Transport corridor
- Route or set of roads linking places and used to organise a transport service or trials. A cross-border corridor connects different countries.
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- Transport operator
- Organisation that provides and manages a transport service. Examples include a bus company, a municipal transport company or an organisation running a shuttle fleet.
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- Type approval
- Procedure in which an authority checks that a vehicle type, system or component meets the applicable technical and administrative requirements. The authority grants approval when those requirements are met.
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- V2X
- Communication between a vehicle and other vehicles, infrastructure or the network. It allows information to be shared, for example about a hazard or a traffic light.
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