Video: How to model connected and autonomous vehicles in Aimsun Next

Technical Note

March

Script – Martin Hartmann
Production – Victoria Savchenko
Voice – Molly Malcolm

In this video, we’ll show you a quick and convenient way to study assumption-based behavior of autonomous and connected vehicles. You can model connected and autonomous vehicles (or CAVs as they are known) by adjusting Car Following, Lane Changing and Gap Acceptance behavioral models.

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Aimsun Next 26

Aimsun (2026). Aimsun Next 26 User’s Manual, Aimsun Next Version 26.0.0, Barcelona, Spain. Accessed on: December. 3, 2025. [Online].

Available: https://docs.aimsun.com/next/26.0.0/

Aimsun Next 26

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