Russia ramps up V2X-driven connected car mobility by 2030

The transportation strategy 2030 issued by the Russian government last November is the second of the four pillars of the country’s decade-long plan in new mobility.

Other three are the electric mobility strategy, signed in the last August, and two more, still in a draft stage, are the future self-driving strategy and the hydrogen strategy. Russia’s transport sector faces serious challenges and the transportation strategy acknowledges this. Labor productivity is four to ten times lower than in “comparable countries” while road death rate and time lost in traffic congestion exceed normal rates many-fold. In tackling these and other issues, the government puts forward connected services for autonomous driving and multi-modal MaaS schemes. It is hoped some 60% of the population (80 million people) will live in areas managed by C-ITS by 2035.

The document suggests that V2X technologies will significantly improve convenience of the multi-modal MaaS system and raise consumer uptake by 15% reaching the average level seen in the European Union these days. Furthermore, road death rates are expected to decrease by three-fold by the decade’s end. “For the first time, the digital transformation package is ramped up as the most important means of achieving our goals,” said Russian minister of transport Vitaly Saveliev before signing the bill into law.

To national V2X developers, it is a long-waited road map. Now big investors, such as automakers and mobile networks, have a reason to jump on the connectivity bandwagon. For the first time, frameworks for public and private initiatives has been made publicly known. Deployment and maintenance of highway connected infrastructure and ITS is reserved for the federal government while cities are left for regional budgets.

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