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What we do

Four topics, twelve areas of work

From the vehicle to the standard, grouped into four blocks. In each area we explain what we do and where the data comes from.

Our work starts from a 2021 study: "Roadmap for the and legislation of in Spain". We analysed more than 2,000 standards and selected 350. This map organises standardisation into six technology areas and six groups of .

Six technology areas and six stakeholder groups. Full text description below.
Standardisation map for the implementation of the autonomous vehicle. Source: AEVAC study "Roadmap for the standardisation and legislation of autonomous vehicles in Spain" (2021).
Text description of the standardisation map

A car sits in the centre. Around it, in the inner ring, are the six technology areas:

  • Safety, assurance and protection.
  • Perception, decision-making and .
  • Data.
  • Security.
  • Digital infrastructure.
  • Human factors.

In the stakeholder column, are the six groups of actors:

  • Legal and regulators.
  • Developers.
  • Test beds.
  • Users and the public.
  • Road authorities.
  • Insurers.

Vehicle and autonomous driving

The vehicle that decides for itself: what it can do, with what intelligence and how it is checked before it goes on the street.

Two technicians in high-visibility vests in a test car, with a data screen on the dashboard
Track test of the SELFY tools at Applus+ IDIADA (Catalonia), May 2025. Photo: SELFY project / Eurecat.

Connectivity and infrastructure

What connects the vehicle to the road, the network and the , and protects it while doing so.

  • Connected vehicle

    Vehicles that communicate with other vehicles, with the road and with the network.

  • Cybersecurity

    Protecting the vehicle, its data and the people travelling inside.

White autonomous shuttle crossing a metal bridge between Spain and Portugal
Autonomous on the international bridge between Tui and Valença, in the -MOBIX cross-border demonstration. Photo: 5G-MOBIX project.

Regulation, accessibility and research

The rules to be met, the requirements and the European projects that this knowledge comes from.

  • Accessibility

    That the service works for everyone, from the first click to the destination.

  • Regulation

    Which rules apply and what remains to be regulated.

  • Research

    European projects with the voice of those who use the service.

Cities and new services

Where all this is used: city councils that decide, combined transport and other modes such as drones.

How can we collaborate?

  • Companies

    Accessibility review with people with disabilities and guidance on regulation.

  • Funders

    What we have done, what we want to do and how you can support it.