The Connected Motorcycle Consortium: Together for Rider Safety

Welcome to the Connected Motorcycle Consortium

The Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC) is a collaboration between manufacturers, suppliers, researchers and associations to make Powered Two Wheelers (motorcycles and scooters) part of the future connected mobility.
CMC is a non-profit organisation established by key motorcycle makers with the unilateral goal to promote and develop Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) on a global scale.

News update

CMC just published its first Basic Specification, a set of documents that address important topics related to the introduction of C-ITS for motorcycles. This is a milestone for CMC, being set out in 2016.
See all related information on our Basic Specification page.

From the European Commisson

"We really want to make a difference"

Claire Depré, Head of Unit, Sustainable & Intelligent Transport, DG Mobility and Transport, European Commission, states: "I am really grateful to CMC for the work carried out, for bringing much more innovation and contributing to the safety of the overall transport system.”
Have a look at the 5-minute video where she emphasizes the Commission's strategy towards the future, including 'Green Deal' and 'Vision Zero' and the importance of Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication therein; as well as the appreciation for the motorcycle industry to be involved in this.

From the CMC president

"A great stepping stone"

Yoshishige Nomura, president of CMC in 2020, reminds that CMC is now composed of more than 20 organisations including OEMs, suppliers and research institutes and that the Basic Specification for motorcycles was made by the joint work of all members. He speaks out his appreciation for the cooperation that was received from all other stakeholders including the car industry. He also talks about the expectations for the future; Have a look at his 3-minute video.

For all related information, please visit the Basic Specification page.

Our goals

CMC targets to improve motorcycle rider safety and comfort.
Connected mobility / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications / Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) are being developed, but motorcycle-specific safety aspects haven’t been taken into consideration sufficiently so far. CMC is paving the way for motorcycle connectivity by making motorcycles part of C-ITS and connected mobility.
CMC aims to create and update a common basic specification for motorcycle ITS, with as many cross-manufacturer standards as possible.

History

The basis of CMC was laid in the year 2015 when the founding members BMW Motorrad, Honda and Yamaha agreed upon the need to further enhance motorcycle/scooter safety by the means of C-ITS.
This initial partnership has led to the establishment of CMC in 2016.
Since then, manufacturers, suppliers and research institutes joined forces to collaborate.

Open

Being a platform for cooperative development, CMC welcomes all motorcycle/scooter manufacturers, suppliers, institutions and corporations that want to take a leading role in promoting, researching and developing C-ITS for motorcycles.
CMC seeks a dialog with all involved stakeholders.
Interested? Contact us here.

" CMC is the Centre of Competence for Motorcycle ITS "

Industry Commitment

As by the agreement of the 29th September 2014, all manufacturing members of ACEM* have committed to introduce at least one of their powered two-wheeler models equipped with C-ITS functionality by the year 2020.
* Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles (www.acem.eu)
The members of the CMC are paving the way to achieve this shared goal of the European Powered Two-Wheeler industry.

CMC members

Within CMC, members will focus on further improvements of the Basic Specification for motorcycles;
while at the same time taking account of new functions supported by on-board sensors both in cars and in motorcycles.

Core members

Core members of the Connected Motorcycle Consortium are BMW, Honda, KTM and Yamaha.

Regular members

Associate members

Members contributing to Basic Specification

Apart from the members mentioned above, below past CMC members have contributed to
the development of the first CMC Basic Specification which was published in December 2020.
They are listed in alphabetical order.

Supporters

Supporters help out CMC on specific topics, within their own field of expertise. Usually this support is dedicated to certain projects, so there is no permanent participation as there would be with a full membership.