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.
Ford Motor is to launch an autonomous vehicle (AV) transportation service in Austin, Texas, by 2021.
Reuters says Ford is testing a self-driving system - developed with Argo AI, an AV technology company backed by Ford - in its Fusion Hybrid sedans.
Sherif Marakby, chief executive of Ford autonomous vehicles, says the company is planning to launch the service using hybrids that can carry either people or goods.
Argo AI says teams will manually drive the Fusion test vehicles to map the city’s streets an
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Microsoft is inviting autonomous vehicle (AV) start-ups to take part in a programme which offers access up to $120,000 of free Azure cloud computing platform.
The Microsoft for Startups: Autonomous Driving programme will provide participants with access to Azure’s autonomous driving capabilities and one-to-one sessions with Microsoft cloud engineers. The company says members will have opportunities to expand their network by joining Microsoft’s autonomous driving ecosystem.
Microsoft says current partner
Alarm has been expressed by MPs over the UK government’s decision to allow Chinese firm Huawei to work on the UK’s 5G network.
Prime minister Theresa May has banned Huawei from supplying ‘core’ parts of the country’s 5G infrastructure – but is believed to have given the green light for it to help deliver what are being called ‘non-core’ parts.
As well as being for mobile phones, 5G is the technology which will be used to improve connectivity of autonomous vehicles and traffic controls.
However, there ar