UAE has been placed among the top 10 countries ready to accommodate driverless vehicles for the third consecutive year.
The third edition of the Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI), which evaluates the preparedness of 30 countries globally, places the UAE in the eighth position, up one place from last year’s rankings despite the addition of five jurisdictions.
The UAE ranks ahead of the United Kingdom and Denmark and after Singapore, the Netherlands, Norway, the United States, Finland, Sweden and South Korea on the index.
As part of its vision to become one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, the UAE is well-positioned in technology adoption preparedness with an appointed minister of Artificial Intelligence, and the 2019 UAE National AI Program which drives its use to enrich and enhance every sector in the country.
Areas where UAE readiness was lauded:
> Technology infrastructure
> Mobile data speeds
> Readiness of individuals
> Government’s overall change readiness
> Consumer information
> Communications technology (ICT) adoption