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The Road to Autonomous Driving Transforming Vision into Reality Page 3 TE AUTOMOTIVE /// Trend Paper | The Road to Autonomous Driving EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Autonomous driving is fast becoming a reality. Increasing driving assistance and safety features automate basic driving tasks and remove human judgement and interaction from the control of the vehicle. Today, features such as adaptive cruise control and lane departure warnings are already becoming commonplace. Now predictive ride technology is being introduced whereby the car senses the state of the road ahead and adjusts the ride settings to maximize comfort and reduce travel sickness when driving over bumps and uneven surfaces. By 2030, up to 15% of vehicles sold will be fully autonomous.(1) For passengers, that is likely to mean a smooth and comfortable driverless experience but with all the external connectivity to meet lifestyle or workplace requirements. Key enablers of this rapid market and technology transformation are sophisticated sensor, antenna, and data connectivity technologies that work together. These components sense the environment, within and outside the vehicle, and receive, act upon, and transmit data in real-time to devices throughout the vehicle and in the physical world the vehicle navigates. The applications that realize these increasing levels of vehicle autonomy can be categorized as in-vehicle networks (e.g. real-time vehicle diagnostics or online applications), infotainment, and safety applications. Each application area has specific technology requirements in terms of data throughput, architecture, design (e.g. miniaturization), robustness and reliability (e.g. EMI shielding), and safety levels (ASIL) that impact the development of automotive electronic components. These requirements are a driving force behind TE Connectivity's (TE) roadmap for end-to-end data con- nectivity and sensor solutions. TE's vision is to co-create end-to-end automotive data connectivity and sensor solutions that are true enablers of autonomous driving by partnering with customers and other industry technology developers. This paper examines the trends and innovations around autonomous driving and the role of data connec- tors, antennas, and sensors in various autonomous driving use cases. Specifically, it will look at the new technology challenges and the key technology enablers required to overcome them.