AVs in a sim city: What simulation testing is and what it isn’t

At <a href="https://evocargo.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Evocargo</a>, we design and build electric autonomous vehicles (AVs) (Level 4 autonomy by <a href="https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j3016_202104/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">SAE standard J3016_202104</a>) and a logistics service to move cargo around industrial yards and large logistic hubs. Our experience of commercial in-hub exploitation shows that AVs hold enormous potential to transform cargo logistics and boost its efficiency. But broad adoption of autonomous technologies — on public roads, for instance — will only be possible when they are proven to be safe. AVs would need to drive hundreds of millions of miles in real urban areas in order to produce statistics and prove conclusively that the risks from their use are minimal. (To learn more about mileage stats, see the article <a href="https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1400/RR1478/RAND_RR1478.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Driving to Safety: How Many Miles of Driving Would It Take to Demonstrate Autonomous Vehicle Reliability?</a>) Simulation testing can partially solve this problem by allowing developers to run multiple tests at once and drive millions of miles virtually. <a href="https://medium.com/evocargo/avs-in-a-sim-city-3bd6b0714473">Click Here</a>