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A bump in the road for driverless cars?
A bump in the road for driverless cars? Patrick Mallejacq, Secretary General, PIARC World Road Association looks ahead to the 26th World Road Congress in Abu Dhabi this October and examines one of the...
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Volvo’s autonomous Vera delivers her first container to Swedish port
Volvo’s autonomous Vera delivers her first container to Swedish port Volvo Trucks’ electric, connected and autonomous vehicle Vera will form part of an integrated solution to transport goods fro...
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Scania NXT modular concept vehicle is taking urban transport to the level
Scania NXT modular concept vehicle is taking urban transport to the level Welcome to the Scania NXT future! Scania’s new battery electric self-driving urban concept vehicle is designed with the flexib...
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Bristol builders saddle-up with Brompton Bike Hire to ease congestion
Bristol builders saddle-up with Brompton Bike Hire to ease congestion Builders on one of Bristol’s biggest developments will be adding a green tick to their environmental credentials thanks to an inno...
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Sahara rolls out the largest range of Electric Vehicles in India
Sahara rolls out the largest range of Electric Vehicles in India Sahara India Pariwar, one of the biggest Indian business conglomerates, announces its foray into the automobile sector, under the brand...
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Alaka’i launches the SKAI hydrogen powered eVTOL
Alaka’i launches the SKAI hydrogen powered eVTOL Alaka’i Technologies has unveiled Skai, the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered air mobility solution designed to transform the way the world move...
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Indonesia’s massive public transport system begins transitioning to electric buses
Indonesia’s massive public transport system begins transitioning to electric buses Bus passengers in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, will soon be going green. Governor Anies Baswedan’s vision is t...
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Barcelona to get new fleet less polluting alternative buses with finance from EIB
Barcelona to get new fleet less polluting alternative buses with finance from EIB The European Investment Bank (EIB) is financing the modernisation of the Barcelona fleet of city buses, by granting a...
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Hyundai Motors introduce an all electric double decker bus
Hyundai Motors introduce an all electric double decker bus Hyundai Motor has unveiled an electric double decker bus which is a first of its kind for Hyundai, and is part of the company’s effort to hel...
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Transport for London looking forward to an all Electric City
Transport for London looking forward to an all Electric City If London plans to be a zero-carbon city by 2050, there have to be huge changes in policy, transport infrastructure and public attitude. Vo...
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Highways England to introduce autonomous plant on maintenance projects
Highways England to introduce autonomous plant on maintenance projects Highways England plans to revolutionise construction and maintenance schemes on the strategic road network by introducing the use...
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MIT autonomous control system learns to use maps and image data to navigate
MIT autonomous control system learns to use maps and image data to navigate With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to driverless vehicles, MIT researchers have created an autonomous control s...
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Dassault Systèmes enables Renault to experiment with Electric Delivery Van
Dassault Systèmes enables Renault to experiment with Electric Delivery Van Dassault Systèmes announced that the in-house LCI (Cooperative Innovation Laboratory) of Groupe Renault used the 3DEXPERIENCE...
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Renault experiments with innovative EZ-FLEX delivery vehicle
Renault experiments with innovative EZ-FLEX delivery vehicle Renault EZ-FLEX is a compact and manoeuvrable vehicle designed to move seamlessly throughout cities. It provides an optimal footprint in re...
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TRL leads the charge with World’s first consumer trials of Electric Vehicles
TRL leads the charge with World’s first consumer trials of Electric Vehicles The global centre for innovation in transport, TRL, has announced the results of its latest ground-breaking research,...
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Volvo taking on our electric future, both on and off-road
Volvo taking on our electric future, both on and off-road The path to full electromobility begins in our cities. Here Anna Thordén, Product Manager, Electromobility, for Volvo Trucks explains how buse...
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Mack unveils fully electric refuse truck demonstration model
Mack unveils fully electric refuse truck demonstration model Mack Trucks unveiled its highly anticipated Mack® LR battery electric vehicle (BEV) at WasteExpo 2019. Combining the refuse industry-leadin...
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Rivian announces $500m Ford partnership for electric vehicles
Rivian announces $500m Ford partnership for electric vehicles Rivian today announced an equity investment of $500 million from Ford Motor Company. In addition to the investment, the companies have agr...
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Self-Driving Cranes will be a reality thanks to Crane Operations Experts SMIE
Self-Driving Cranes will be a reality thanks to Crane Operations Experts SMIE SMIE has entered the race to create automated self-driving crane technologies using ProSITE, their acclaimed anti-collisio...
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Peterbilt features Electric Trucks at ACT Expo in California
Peterbilt features Electric Trucks at ACT Expo in California Peterbilt Motors Company will display its electric vehicle lineup this week at ACT Expo in Long Beach, California. The Peterbilt booth #193...
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TRL looks at driver distraction and if it is time to update our evidence base
TRL looks at driver distraction and if it is time to update our evidence base The Chief Executive of Highways England recently expressed concerns about the safety of in-car touchscreens and the potent...
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Understanding the Future of Shared Mobility
Understanding the Future of Shared Mobility The global centre for innovation in transport and mobility solutions, TRL, is working on projects designed to tackle the questions around shared mobility. S...
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MIT develops keener Electric Eyesight for autonomous vehicles
MIT develops keener Electric Eyesight for autonomous vehicles On-chip system that detects signals at sub-terahertz wavelengths could help steer driverless cars through fog and dust. Autonomous vehicle...
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Computer vision gadget CarVi detects potholes in San Francisco pilot
Computer vision gadget CarVi detects potholes in San Francisco pilot Game-changing intelligent ADAS technology combines sensor data with computer vision to learn specific road conditions and predict p...
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Two design prizes for HAMM Autonomous Roller F1 study
Two design prizes for HAMM Autonomous Roller F1 study In the past six months, HAMM AG has been accoladed with two design prizes for their “Autonomous Roller F1”, a study on autonomously op...
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MIT algorithm helps robots take calculated risks in dangerous environments
MIT algorithm helps robots take calculated risks in dangerous environments We know far less about the Earth’s oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or Mars. The sea floor is carved with expa...
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MIT model identifies artificial intelligence blind spots
MIT model identifies artificial intelligence blind spots A novel model developed by MIT and Microsoft researchers identifies instances in which autonomous systems have “learned” from training examples...
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Kia looks at AI emotion technology for post-autonomous driving
Kia looks at AI emotion technology for post-autonomous driving Kia Motors previewed a range of new technologies including emotion technology, developed for the post-autonomous driving era at the 2019...
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Continental’s vision combines autonomous shuttles and delivery robots
Continental’s vision combines autonomous shuttles and delivery robots The technology company Continental steadily pushes the boundaries of autonomous vehicle technology, exploring new use cases...
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Hyundai Transformers may be the way forward for Emergency and First Responders
Hyundai Transformers may be the way forward for Emergency and First Responders Any first responder will tell you that the first 72 hours following a natural disaster are the most crucial to saving liv...
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