Associations and Consultants

Autotech Council
The Autotech Council exists to help better innovation in the auto industry get to market faster. “Better and faster” innovation benefits the entire automotive value chain - from the entrepreneur and their risk-taking VCs to the vendors, parts companies, and automobile manufacturers, and ultimately - the consumer.

AUVSI
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

CAR - Center for Automotive Research
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) is involved in the research of significant issues that relate to the future direction of the global automotive industry. CAR, a nonprofit organization, is focused on a wide variety of important trends and changes related to the automobile industry and society at the international, federal, state and local levels.

CAVCOE - CANADIAN AUTOMATED VEHICLES CENTRE of EXCELLENCE
We provide information, resources, networking and other support to all Canadian stakeholders who will be involved in the launch of Automated Vehicles (AV’s) and/or who will be impacted by their arrival. These stakeholders include all levels of government, public sector agencies (such as transit companies), private sector companies, industry associations, professional bodies, universities and university networks.

IIHS - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries and property damage — from crashes on the nation’s roads.

iMobility Support
iMobility Support is a 3-year support action that fosters the deployment of intelligent mobility in Europe by organising the iMobility Forum activities, including stakeholder networking, deployment support, awareness raising and dissemination of results of ICT for smart, safe and clean mobility.

Intelligent Car Coalition
The mission of the Intelligent Car Coalition is to advocate for public policies that bring the benefits of innovation at the intersection of automotive and communications technologies to consumers and promote safety, mobility, and transportation efficiency on our nation’s roads and highways.

ITSA - Intelligent Transportation Society of America
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to advancing the research, development and deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to improve the nation’s surface transportation system. Founded in 1991, ITS America’s membership includes more than 450 public agencies, private sector companies, and academic and research institutions.

MIRA
MIRA is a highly customer focused world class independent vehicle engineering consultancy, shaping everything we do around the partnerships we create. We harness the skills, experience and knowledge of our talented experts to provide our customers with intelligent solutions to their challenging problems.

OmniAir
The OmniAir Consortium, Inc. advocates for the development and promotion of certification for the Intelligent Transportation industry (ITS).  Our members are experts in ITS, telematics and tolling technology.  As a market-focused organization, OmniAir is currently focused on the following main areas of interest: Electronic Payments, Connected Vehicles, Tolling, Commercial Vehicles and Applications.

SwRI - Southwest Research Institute
With a staff of more than 30 electrical, mechanical, and computer engineers—most with advanced degrees—the SwRI Intelligent Vehicle Systems engineers state-of-the-art unmanned, cooperative, and active safety systems to solve real-world problems for our defense, automotive, construction/mining, de-mining, agriculture, and transportation clients, foreign and domestic.

TRB - Transportation Research Board
The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal.