Urban Mobility
Development vehicle designed to demonstrate bundled FEV technologies AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — FEV will be demonstrating many of its smart vehicle technologies for the first time on the streets of Las Vegas during the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2018. The FEV Smart Vehicle Demonstrator vehicle, which serves as a technology and development platform, will
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Significant Implications for Transportation Companies Operating Driverless and Human-Driven Fleets Berlin, Lausanne & San Francisco, December 12, 2017 – IVU Traffic Technologies, the leading software company for public transportation and logistics solutions, and BestMile, providing the first platform for the operation and optimization of autonomous fleets and new mobility services, have partnered to provide mobility solutions fully integrating autonomous vehicles
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Panasonic, EasyMile, RTD, City and County of Denver, and CDOT team up in live demonstration of connected vehicle technologies and autonomous shuttle transportation in conjunction with EasyMile’s new North American headquarters in Panasonic’s Denver facility NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic, a global leader in smart cities and smart automotive technology solutions, welcomed Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to its
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UMS leverages a range of Velodyne’s advanced LiDAR sensors for broad autonomous technology development in a diverse range of platforms SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it is partnering with Unmanned Solution (UMS) of South Korea to integrate its advanced LiDAR sensors into UMS’ expansive autonomous technology
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DALLAS, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) logged more than 55,000 testing miles during the U.S. Army Extended Warfighter Experiment (EWE) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Bliss, Texas. “The testing was conducted by Soldiers and Lockheed Martin personnel over several months at two major military installations in a variety of
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Fully Autonomous Vehicle Developer Provides Equitable Mobility for Residents in Massachusetts Community BOSTON, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Optimus Ride, a MIT spinoff company developing self-driving vehicle technology, announced a first of its kind partnership with renowned real estate developer LStar Ventures, to provide Union Point‘s residents with access to self-driving vehicles. This agreement represents the world’s first revenue generating
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At the Kuala Lumpur International Automotive Symposium (KLIAS) held on Nov 9-12, one booth catches the eye: CRETA, which stands for Conscious Reka Transport Apparatus. https://motiondigest.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/reka-2017.mp4 It is Malaysia’s first locally made self-driving car developed by home-grown Internet of Things (IoT) start-up Reka Initiative. The self-driving car has even been tested by Malaysia’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation — Datuk Seri
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At the 5th International Railway Summit in Kuala Lumpur last month, Malaysia’s rapid development of land public transportation (LPT) was in the spotlight as Prasarana Malaysia and the Land Public Transportation Commission (SPAD) shared the latest developments. What catches the eye during the two-day conference, organised in association with Huawei Technologies and the International Union of Railways, are the government’s efforts via Prasarana, the
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in Punggol, Tengah and Jurong, LTA Seeks Feedback and RFI from Stakeholders Singapore has called for feedback as it seeks to roll out self-driving bus and shuttle services in three towns beginning 2022. The Request For Information (RFI), launched on Nov 22 by the Ministry of Transport and the Land Transport Authority (LTA), will be open until May 31, 2018.
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Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has signed a framework agreement with Uber, the ride-sharing company, to sell tens of thousands of autonomous driving compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021. The base vehicles are developed on Volvo Cars’ fully modular, in-house developed Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). SPA is one of the most advanced car architectures in the world and
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