ITS Europe has opened early bird registrations for this year’s congress taking place in Eindhoven from the 3-6 June.
Under the theme ‘Fulfilling ITS Promises’, the European Programme Committee is presenting seven topics. These include deploying new mobility services – from experiments to experience; a breath of fresh air; connected, cooperative and automated mobility; enhancing the efficiency of freight transport; enablers of digital infrastructure; transport network operations; and disruption start-ups &
March 20, 2019
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ITS Europe has opened early bird registrations for this year’s congress taking place in Eindhoven from the 3-6 June.
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Early bird rates apply until 12 April. Registration information is available on the %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external websitefalsehttps://2019.itsineurope.com/2019/03/19/building-up-to-an-exciting-programme/falsefalse%>.
InDriver has launched its ride-hailing service in Johannesburg, South Africa, which allows the driver and rider to negotiate lower fares.
A report by IT News Africa says drivers can use the InDriver app to accept or ignore offers as well as negotiate for a higher price.
Rifqa Carr, InDriver spokesperson says: “Drivers have the freedom to choose whichever ride request they like, without any risk of being penalised. They’re also able to see the full fare, from point A to point B, and can then decide
Ford has joined forces with technology company Baidu to test Level 4 self-driving vehicles in China over the next two years.
Level 4, established by the SAE International (formerly the US Society of Automotive Engineers), will allow the vehicles to operate without intervention from a human driver.
A report by CNBC says Ford’s self-driving vehicles are equipped with Baidu’s autonomous driving system Apollo. The cars are expected to be deployed in on-road tests by the end of 2018.
Sherif Marakby, pr
In order to promote the exchange of information and research on vehicle and road automation activities in Europe and beyond, the Vehicle and Road Automation (VRA) project has launched its website, together with other online tools to promote and expand the VRA community:
The VRA wiki, www.vra-net.eu/wiki, is a user-edited shared resource for road vehicle automation activities around the world, containing details on around forty projects, with an abstract, contact point, website, sponsor, budget/funding an
Gain an insight into market intelligence for the electric vehicle (EV) industry for land, sea and air with the IDTechEx webinar on Thursday 13 March.
This will be a 15 minute overview and demonstration of the IDTechEx Market Intelligence Portal for electric vehicles land, sea and air. There will be time for questions and answers at the end.
This webinar will discuss: Market forecasts for electric vehicles; Unique research focus - responding to an emerging trend; and demonstration of the IDTechEx mark