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E.on clients in Sweden who purchase a Uniti electric car (EC) will be provided with five years’ worth of charging through solar cells at home, as part of a new partnership between the two companies that aims to create a sustainable source of energy for charging. The ECs are expected for delivery in 2019. Uniti will launch the new product line at its production facility on the 7 December which is expected to host two thousand guests as well as exhibitions from partner companies. Tobias Ekman, Innovation

South Korean AI-based solutions provider BlueSignal (BS) has entered into a partnership to achieve a higher accuracy rate for its predictions of future traffic conditions based on real-time car data provided by US-based CarForce (CF). The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on the 15 November at K Global, in Silicon Valley. The agreement will also allow CF to add BS’ data on diverse future traffic conditions to its car data. Jason Baik, BlueSignal, chief executive officer, said, "BlueSignal's

EastLink (EL) has conducted a hands-free driving demonstration through its freeway tunnels using Honda Civic VTi-LX’s lane keep assist function. The trial, closed to traffic, aimed to help Victorian motorists understand the technology and other driver assistance functions after the Annual Victorian Self-Driving Survey revealed more than half of the 15,000 of the respondents had very little or no awareness of self-driving cars.

Keolis has begun operating the first section, 30km, of a new automated metro system of Hyderabad, Telangana State, South East India. The project, launched by the Telangana government, will run across a 68km network of three lines and 65 stations in the next few years. Once completed, it is estimated to carry 1.3 million passengers daily aims to reduce road congestion and boost the local economy.

Leister City Council (LCC) has installed UK-based Traffic Technology’s (TT) pedestrian and cycle counters at eight locations around the City. The counters are housed within aesthetic urban posts and will monitor and record the numbers of people walking and cycling as they pass each count site.

R&W Civil Engineering has been awarded a place on the second Call-Off Framework Agreement (COFA-2), potentially valued £100m ($134m), to deliver improvement works on the UK’s M25 and associated motorways. The contract will run for six years and is procured and managed by Connect Plus on behalf of Highways England. It will also be delivered by Skanska, Osbourne, Jackson.

MaaS Global has launched two new mobility packages in Helsinki that combines public transport, taxi services and car rental, via its mobile app, Whim. The unlimited monthly deal offers free access to all modes of transport for €499 (£440) while the urban monthly package provides an unlimited number HSL single tickets and price-capped 10-euro taxi rides in a 5km radius. Additionally, it offers a fixed €49 (£43) per day Veho car rental option.

EasyMile has partnered with Iveco, Sector, Transpolis, Isae-supaero, Ifsttar, Inria, and Michelin to integrate autonomous technology into a full-size 12-meter bus. The project has been funded by French government through a Fonds Unique Interministériel program as well as certified and supported by Cara, Aerospace Valley and Nouvelle France Industrielle. The 100-passenger capacity bus will either be hybrid or electric powered and draws on EasyMile’s experience of developing the EZ10 driverless shuttle in

Vodafone has joined forces with UK-based car insurance provider Admiral Insurance (Admiral) to become its first digital telematics partner. It will provide underlying telematics for the Admiral LittleBox offer which delivers driving data to Admiral that can be shared with drivers through an online dashboard. It will display driver scores as well as updates and rewards. Admiral will also be provided with detailed information on crash situations to help digitise the overall claims process. It is designed

Drone operators and drones will need to comply with EU basic requirements on safety, security and personal data protection, following new regulations agreed by European Parliament and Council negotiators. The rules for the civil use of drones aim to bring a uniform level of safety and help boost the sector by providing greater clarity to manufacturers and operators. EU countries will need to ensure that operators of drones that can cause significant harm such as crashing into people, or present risks to

Loughborough University, the academic partner to London’s Smart Mobility Lab, has been awarded £500,000 ($676,000) as part of the project to develop a research programme enabling a real-world test bed for connected and autonomous vehicles. It will conduct research and development into connected roads, alongside other contributions including a vehicle fleet for experimental purposes; cooperative intersection management systems; high accuracy GPS; 5G and large-scale vehicle to anything communication capabilit

Toyota and Lexus have chosen Parkopedia to provide its in-car parking service on select legacy and new vehicles via the Toyota Entune and Lexus Enform App Suites, in early 2018. It features information on over 20 million off-street parking spots across the U.S. and aims to direct drivers to the nearest and most convenient parking location to their chosen destination.

Toyota and Lexus have chosen Parkopedia to provide its in-car parking service on select legacy and new vehicles via the Toyota Entune and Lexus Enform App Suites, in early 2018. It features information on over 20 million off-street parking spots across the U.S. and aims to direct drivers to the nearest and most convenient parking location to their chosen destination.

Siemens’ Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras have been deployed to enforce weight restrictions on one of the oldest river crossings on the River Thames at Newbridge, UK. The new traffic enforcement system has been introduced by Trading Standards in Oxfordshire whose officers will monitor the bridge and enforce the limit. Vehicles exceeding 18 tonnes maximum gross weight can be fined up to £1000 ($1,300).

Shortfalls in fuel tax caused by moving to emissions-free vehicles will make current ways of funding road networks unsustainable, according to a joint forum between ITS (UK) Road User Charging Interest Group and ITS Ireland hosted by Aecom, Dublin. The group consisted of policy makers, toll operators, payment providers and highway users from seven European countries.