WP4000
WP4000 Policy options for facilitating market introduction
The main objective of this WP is to develop an effective enabling framework and to identify feasible policy options to promote the market introduction and - penetration of intelligent vehicle safety systems that are (expected to) contribute effectively to societal goals. The outcomes are recommendations for the most useful policies and actions for the most (societal) beneficial systems identified by eIMPACT.
Therefore, as second objective - contributing to the general objective - is the development of a design of policy instruments to ensure and to stimulate the introduction of IVSS by policy support from public bodies. For the decision on policy instruments, which match the enabling framework, SWOT-analyses are carried out.
With the results of the SWOT and considering best-practices the enabling framework is developed. Workpackage 4000 will get input from workpackages 3000 and 2300. It will provide output for workpackages 5000 and 6000.
Further objective within the overall project is to establish a feed-back loop between policy options and system specifications and between policy options and effects on stakeholders.
WP4100: Defining policy instruments for the Enabling-Framework Approach
The task is to develop the enabling framework and to identify the relevant policy levels (European, national, regional, local) and options (legal, institutional, financial, taxation, standardization, etc) available for the systems studied in eIMPACT.
Because of the possible benefits of IVSS for the overall society, it has to be identified how public authorities could contribute to facilitate the introduction of IVSS. The adequate policy intervention on beforehand seems to be the Enabling-Framework Approach. Within this task the spectrum of the Enabling-Framework Approach has to be identified, which consists of following instrument areas:
- flexible and voluntary measures (e.g. voluntary initiatives, codes and standards, letters of commitment, memoranda of understanding),
- formal and more command instruments (e.g. legal agreements, performance agreements) and
- economic control instruments (for example incentives like vehicle tax reductions for vehicles with IVSS or penalties like higher taxes for vehicle without IVSS).
For the set of policy instruments, which fit into the enabling framework approach, the selection of the most effective policy instruments will be based on SWOT-analyses and best-practices.
WP4200: Policy implementation strategies incorporating users/industries perspectives
The tasks are to asses and to recommend the optimal policies to promote the market introduction and - penetration of the most effective IVSS as predicted by eIMPACT.
The formulation of an efficient and effective policy implementation strategy will focus on at least the following relevant IVSS-fields:
- Research and Development,
- Subsidies,
- Taxation and Pricing,
- Retrofitting Strategies.
For each field the adequate implementation strategy to promote IVSS market introduction and - penetration will be worked out.
Furthermore, the introduction of IVSS may be hindered by constraints and barriers, which exist for system users and which play also an important role for the OEM. The acceptance of the system users to buy IVSS might be too low, because the safety effects coming up by using IVSS are not always feasible for the system users. Potential barriers for the OEM exist because of the business risks (for example product liability risks, financial risks of a call-back campaign) related to the introduction of IVSS. The steps of these tasks are:
- identification of current barriers and obstacles for system users and OEM,
- identification of policy implementation strategies to overcome these existing barriers and obstacles,
- analyses of the reaction of system users and OEM to different policy implementation strategies.