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ARTICLE · 30 JANUARY 2019

(Smart) Autonomous Cars: No Longer Asimov's Science Fiction

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Self-driving cars rely on a large number of data to work properly and to ensure a safe ride.

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What are autonomous cars?

As clarified by the resolution of the EU Parliament dated February 16, 2017 (the Resolution), which sets out recommendations to the Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics (2015/2103(INL)), autonomous transport covers all forms of remotely piloted, automated, connected and autonomous ways of road, rail, waterborne and air transport, including vehicles, trains, vessels, ferries, aircrafts, drones, as well as all future forms of developments and innovations in this sector. This obviously includes "autonomous cars" (also called "self-driving cars"), which can operate in full autonomy or under the driver's supervision. Such cars make use or are equipped with increasingly complex AI systems, raising a number of legal concerns. Such concerns range from issues relating to the use of (personal) data collected by the vehicle, to the identification of the liability of the stakeholders involved (e.g. the developer of the software, the producer of the

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