SAE AV Activities

SAE launches Office of Automation

SAE International announced at its recent 2019 Government/Industry Meeting the creation of a new unit, the Office of Automation, focused on helping industry coordinate the development and dissemination of automated-driving technologies. The Office of Automation will align SAE's internal activities in this fast-moving area and serve as a bridge between other SAE Group organizations, while providing technical resources to facilitate the flow of automated-vehicle (AV) information.

Office of Automation director Edward Straub describes the unit as “a first effort to deal with the broad and cross-disciplinary nature of automated vehicles.”