Autonomous Vehicles (AV), A Profound Life-Changing Revolution

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Harris' Senior Director Sam Yaghmaie, PE, LEED AP, will be delivering a presentation titled, Autonomous Vehicles (AV), A Profound Life-Changing Revolution, at the upcoming 2017 APWA WA Spring Conference in Tacoma, WA on Thursday, April 27th.

Session Overview

We are at a critical phase of an evolution in auto industry that will drastically change more than it has in the last 100 years by replacing stand-alone, mechanically controlled and petroleum-fueled vehicles to ones that will be electrical, interconnected, electronically controlled resulting in substantial safety and connectivity improvements.

Session Objectives

• Inform you about fast-approaching and critical impacts of AV industry on our day to day life and environment
• Understand AV Technology
• Encourage to expedite creation and implementation of policies, rules, regulations and planning to address impacts of AV.

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