UL joins the World Economic Forum’s Safe Drive Initiative focusing on the safety of autonomous vehicles
NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — UL, the global safety science leader, announced today that it is now a member of the World Economic Forum’s Safe Drive Initiative, a multi-stakeholder project created to improve the state of autonomous vehicle governance. The mission of the Safe Drive Initiative is to enable safe autonomous vehicles (AVs) through collaboration on a new approach to safety – providing increased transparency on AV technology and a greater alignment on the definition of safety. The effort brings together industry and regulators to identify specific challenges in AV policy and to co-create solutions, through toolkits, technical insights and thought leadership. UL’s contributions to the Safe Drive Initiative will include participation on technical panels and papers, helping navigate the complexity of autonomous vehicle safety.