EVI
Electronic vehicle identification feasibility study
EVI — electronic vehicle identification — is defined as an electronic device that allows the unique, remote and reliable communication of identifying parameters of the vehicle. It comprises an in-vehicle data storage element, suitable interfaces and a vehicle-to-infrastructure data communication element. Potentially EVI could support a number of different public applications (among them are crime prevention, enforcement, emergency vehichle priority, etc).
Until now there has been no comprehensive study of the requirements for and feasibility of an EU-wide implementation of EVI. Indeed, policy-making in this field cannot advance without a careful study of the full range of aspects ranging from technical issues such as data security and communications requirements to non-technical issues such as legal (data privacy, etc), institutional (what parties, rights and obligations, etc), operational (how is it deployed and operated) and socio-political areas (general acceptance, etc). These aspects should be investigated and resolved by a feasibility study before technical development, demonstration and deployment activities begin.
Objectives
- Investigate the feasibility of an EU-wide EVI system
- Identify and assess the main technical and non-technical issues facing EU-wide implementation
- Provide the basis for decision-making regarding EVI by the EU Member States
- Definition and agree on the "core" functionality of an entry-level concept of EVI supporting and facilitating public applications
Duration and Funding
February 2003 - July 2004, funded through the EC Transport and Energy Directorate General
Consortium
ERTICO (coordinator); ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers, ITS (Sussex Police), Efkon, KLPD - Dutch National Police Agency, France - Ministère de l'Equipment, des Transports, du Logement, du Tourisme at de la Mer; Norwegian Public Road Administration, Q-Free, RDW (Centre for Vehicle Technology and Information, Netherlands), TNO Traffic and Transport, UK Department for Transport, Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Belgium).
