The HeERO consortium is to hold the second HeERO international conference at the Novotel Hotel, Bucharest, Romania on 21 November 2013. Attendees will be able to get an update on the status of eCall deployment in the HeERO pilot sites, together with the outcome of interoperability testing. The conference will also discuss any revision to eCall standards and recommendations for the large scale implementation of the eCall service in Europe. Live eCall demonstrations will be staged on 22 November by the Roman
Millbrook Group has announced an expansion of its Test World tyre testing site in Finland. The project will increase the capacity for testing on natural snow and ice and introduce wet and dry braking, aquaplaning and split friction surfaces.
Millbrook Group has announced an expansion of its Test World tyre testing site in Finland. The project will increase the capacity for testing on natural snow and ice and introduce wet and dry braking, aquaplaning and split friction surfaces.
Volkswagen Research is testing autonomous vehicles (AVs) at SAE Level 4 in real driving conditions in the German city of Hamburg.
The announcement comes as the fall-out from VW’s ‘Dieselgate’ nightmare – when the company was found to have programmed turbocharged direct injection diesel engines to activate their emissions controls for laboratory tests - putters on. This week the company’s former chief executive Martin Winterkorn was charged with fraud for his involvement.
But VW has admitted that the scan
