Helsinki’s Metropolia University of Applied Sciences has begun a trial of self-driving buses on the streets of Helsinki as part of the SOHJOA-project coordinated by the university, which aims to provide opportunities for Finnish companies to develop new traffic automation products and services ideas.
The two French-made EasyMile EZ10 buses have no steering wheel or pedals and run on virtual tracks that can be configured to accommodate sudden changes in demand. They can carry ten passengers and have a dri
Self-driving car software developer nuTonomy is to begin testing its fleet of self-driving cars on specific public streets in a designated area of Boston.
The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that authorises testing of its self-driving Renault Zoe electric vehicle in the city.
nuTonomy equips its vehicles with a software system which has been integrated with high-performance sensing and computing components to e
Autelligence’s new workshop Self-driving cars - Strategic implications for the auto industry and beyond, is a forum for executives on the likely consequences of self-driving cars on the auto manufacturing industry.
It offers a framework to work out the strategic implications for OEMs and suppliers through a deeper understanding of the competing business models and an assessment of the current technologies and the strategies of leading companies.
The workshops will be held on 23 March at the Frankfurt
Citizens of Gothenburg can travel on a self-driving bus between Chalmers University of Technology’s main entrance and its library until 1 June. The trial is intended to assess the technology and user behaviour to examine the potential of self-driving vehicles. The project is part of the Swedish government’s co-operation programme called Next Generation Travel and Transport which seeks to modernise current systems for transporting people and goods. The self-driving bus service is partly funded by government
