Our Goal

Our goal is to generate new knowledge and technological solutions to tackle key safety challenges in the autonomous driving industry.

Why join The Autonomous

Benefits for the Members

01 Safety

Increase the safety of autonomous vehicles

02 Wisdom of the crowd

Develop better products through the wisdom of the crowd

03 Cost Reduction

Reduce development costs and risk of wrong development

04 Controlling liability risks

Decrease potential liability risk by tightly working with government and regulatory institutions and fostering user-centric solutions that enable incremental development of autonomy

05 Peer-to-peer learning

Accelerate the learning curve by collectively learning from individual failures and field observations

How to join

1. Meet the Team

We are happy to answer all your questions about The Autonomous membership and review together the benefits and membership levels. Contact us!

2. Sign the documents

Any organization can become a member of The Autonomous Working Groups by signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as well as the Membership Contract and IP Policy.

3. Join an existing Working Group or start a new one

The Autonomous members are encouraged to either actively take part in already existing Working Groups or set up and lead new Working Groups on further unsolved technological aspects and key safety topics related to autonomous mobility.

Membership Levels

Number of employees

Platinum

ex. VAT

Influence on the strategy and the developments and innovations of The Autonomous Working Stream

Who

  • Leading companies in automated driving with expertise in a given field
  • Organizations with high market power for implementation

Benefits

  • Participation in Working Groups
  • Seat on Expert Advisory Board (limited space)
  • Premium Event Branding

Expert Contribution

  • 40h / month expert contribution in Working Groups
  • 16h / month expert contribution on Expert Advisory Board

Gold

ex. VAT

Influence on the overall technical developments and innovations

Who

  • Companies with expertise in the field
  • Companies seeking to contribute and influence The Autonomous Working Stream

Benefits

  • Participation in Working Groups
  • Seat on Expert Advisory Board not included
  • Advanced Event Branding

Expert Contribution

  • 40h / month expert contribution in Working Groups
  • No expert contribution on Expert Advisory Board expected

Supporter

ex. VAT

An opportunity to stay up-to-date and get the latest know-how

Who

  • Companies with limited membership, not actively contributing but seeking to make use of The Autonomous know-how and stay updated

Benefits

  • Participation in Working Groups not included
  • Seat on Expert Advisory Board not included
  • Advanced Event Branding

Expert Contribution

  • No expert contribution expected

Join as a Nonprofit Organization

Not-for-profit organizations can join The Autonomous as supporters and influence the overall technical developments and innovations.

Benefits include participation in The Autonomous Working Groups and advanced event branding. An expert contribution in the Working Groups of 40h / month is expected.

The annual membership fee for NGOs, Academia and Research institutions is based on individual agreements.

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