An autonomous vehicle developed by the University of Nebrija and FEM Expert; a drone for the delivery of goods from Globalvia and eHang; an autonomous robot for the last mile for the home delivery of supermarket products from the companies Goggo Network, Glovo and delibera AI; and a food truck The autonomous Goggo network, which collects food from restaurants for subsequent sale on public roads, are the first pilot projects that will carry out their tests in the Villaverde Mobility Sandbox . This Tuesday afternoon, they were presented by the Councilor Delegate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ángel Niño, and by the Councilor of Villaverde Concha Chapa.
Madrid expects to create between 3,000 and 5,000 jobs , especially wordpress web design agency in technology, and position itself among the top ten smart cities in the world ( smart cities ), generating an investment of more than 300 million euros from large companies and startups in Madrid.
THE LARGEST TEST AREA IN EUROPE
The Sandbox It is a safe space in which technological innovations can be tested in controlled environments and with a real population, before being commercialized or implemented massively.
The one in Villaverde, the result of the public-private partnership between the Madrid City Council and the non-profit association MadridFuturo, will have an area of 20Km2 and will be the largest test space in Europe , attracting high-tech and innovation companies and start-ups to test their projects. Currently, there are only two reference areas with these characteristics, Singapore and California, where autonomous cars are exclusively tested.
BOOSTING THE INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM
Public-private collaboration has led the City Council to approve the Mobility Ordinance that provides legal coverage for autonomous mobility tests, opening the door to actions in this sense, since The Future of Madrid , through its nearly 100 partner entities and its own team of consultants, to contribute to the design of the sandpile ecosystem and identify projects.
Now begins a first phase preceding the official implementation , which will take place from January 2022. During this initial phase, the City Hall will grant specific licenses to test each of the products in a safe environment and for a limited period of time.