Aptiv has unveiled a mobility centre in Shanghai, China, to develop SAE Level 4 autonomous driving technology.
The company says the opening extends its autonomous driving operations beyond Singapore, Boston, Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.
Last December, Aptiv opened a technical centre in Las Vegas to gather insights on its fleet of autonomous vehicles (AV) and to improve safety operator training.
Aptiv is now holding discussions with potential partners for mapping and commercial deployment of its
April 29, 2019
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Aptiv has unveiled a mobility centre in Shanghai, China, to develop 567 SAE Level 4 autonomous driving technology.
The company says the opening extends its autonomous driving operations beyond Singapore, Boston, Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.
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Aptiv is now holding discussions with potential partners for mapping and commercial deployment of its AVs in China.
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance is to develop a system which will allow local governments to carry out virtual tests of autonomous vehicles (AV).
A report by The Japan News says the insurance company is hoping to reduce costs associated with real-world testing by providing a virtual environment which will feature road conditions based on 3D maps.
This project stems from an agreement with Tier IV, a developer of autonomous driving technologies and measuring technology firm Aisan Technology.
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An autonomous car operated by Uber has killed a pedestrian in what is believed to be the first death of its kind, in a report by The Independent. The vehicle, according to Tempe Police, was driving in autonomous mode as part of the company’s North America tests that included an operator behind the wheel that was not in control at the time of the incident. Uber Technologies has suspended all of its driverless car tests in Phoenix and Arizona as well as Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto.
There’s less than a month to go before the 2015 ITS America Annual Meeting & Expo gets under way in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gets underway in what will be a unique and visionary event. The theme is Bridges To Innovation so for the more than 2,000 of the nation’s top transportation and technology business leaders and investors, policymakers, public agency representatives, and researchers, this will be one of the most forward looking Annual Meetings.
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