A research project on “Automated and Connected Driving” funded by the BMVI, extending the conventional sensor set (forward and rearward facing radar, multiple lidar sensors, and a multi-functional camera setup), by a bi-frequency range ground penetrating radar (GPR) to detect damaged spots and other features in the road substructure to provide a predictive maintenance and introduce cloud-based services, as well as utilizing the low frequency GPR range to mark deep infra-substructure as fingerprints for robust and high-precision localization.