CCAM4Italy and Model4Italy as Digital Twins
The project is set up as a strategic national research initiative dedicated to the development, experimentation, and validation of solutions for connected, cooperative, and automated mobility (CCAM), with a strong focus on the use of advanced digital models and digital twins of urban mobility systems. The goal is to effectively support the evaluation of impacts, planning, and decision-making processes of industry operators, public authorities, and industrial stakeholders.
The project creates an integrated network of research infrastructures, accredited laboratories, protected experimental areas, living labs, and national platforms, designed as open and non-discriminatory environments for the development, testing, and qualification of CCAM technologies and smart mobility solutions. This approach allows for overcoming both the logic of simple pilot projects and that based solely on digital infrastructures, favoring experimentation in real and everyday operational contexts.
A central element is the creation of a National Technical Support Center, which coordinates skills, technological assets, and methodologies with the aim of reducing barriers that hinder the full spread of the CCAM ecosystem in Italy. Within this framework, the development of digital platforms and shared national architectures is included, such as vehicle-infrastructure communication systems, tools for urban mobility modeling, and solutions for integrating heterogeneous data from vehicles, infrastructures, and telecommunication networks.
The project thus contributes to the construction of a national reference for smart, sustainable, and safe mobility, laying the groundwork for a scalable dissemination of CCAM technologies and the adoption of data-driven policies, simulations, and reliable scenarios.
