Transdev enters partnership to develop shared mobility solution
Transdev is to launch an electric and automated shuttle service by 2020 in France and Germany.
The company is to integrate its autonomous shuttle transport and supervision system with a shuttle provided by the e.Go Moove joint venture – a partnership comprising e.Go, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and chassis technology firm ZF.
ZF will provide the shuttle’s electric drive systems, steering systems and brakes as well as its ProAI central computer – a system which acts as a central control unit with
January 21, 2019
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8574 Transdev is to launch an electric and automated shuttle service by 2020 in France and Germany.
The company is to integrate its autonomous shuttle transport and supervision system with a shuttle provided by the e.Go Moove joint venture – a partnership comprising e.Go, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and chassis technology firm ZF.
8557 ZF will provide the shuttle’s electric drive systems, steering systems and brakes as well as its ProAI central computer – a system which acts as a central control unit within the vehicle – and sensors to enable automated driving functions.
Transdev is not the only company to provide commuters in France with an autonomous transport solution. In December, 6546 Keolis launched a free electric autonomous shuttle %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external servicefalsehttp://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/news/keolis-launches-free-autonomous-shuttle-service-at-french-university/falsefalse%> at the University of Lille which is operating on open public roads for one year.
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