The latest stage of the Gateway research programme, led by TRL in collaboration with The Royal College of Art (RCA), Gobotix and DG Cities has selected a range of participants to take part in automated valet parking in the borough of Greenwich, London. The trial aims to simulate real-world opportunities of connected and autonomous vehicles as well as provide an opportunity to inform thinking on its future deployment in cities. Using a bespoke extension of the Gobotix remote driver assistance service app
Energy company Centrica has entered a three-year agreement with Volkswagen (VW) to provide home charging solutions for electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the UK.
ASECAP’s Marko Jandrisits discusses the Amsterdam Group’s efforts to bring a sense of order to cooperative ITS deployments. When an issue arises which is deemed to require a technological solution governments and public-sector agencies around the world all too often tread the same sorry path. A decision is made to research and develop said technology to the production-ready stage, the work is done and the technology realised but then the money for deployment runs out and the technology is left on the shelf
