Tammy Meehan and Thomas Hedblom of 3M consider the ongoing development of technology needed to introduce connected and autonomous vehicles. The transportation industry is in the midst of the most dramatic shift since Henry Ford introduced horseless carriages. Already we are seeing the increased use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) which, along with the introduction of autonomous vehicles in the next few decades, will bring profound changes to vehicles and the environment in which they operate.
London Live, the capital’s TV channel, is to partner with Waze, the community-based traffic and navigation app, for its live traffic update service which will be launching mid-August 2016.
Waze is the free crowd-sourced navigation app that is powered by 50 million monthly users from around the world that contribute real-time road data within the app.
London Live viewers will receive the latest real-time reports on live traffic conditions and incidents during morning and evening rush hour commutes. Fo
The European Start-up Prize for Mobility has whittled down 568 entrants to 150 projects.
These will go on to the next stage of the competition – the second year that the accelerator programme for sustainable mobility options has been run – when their number will be reduced to 50 later this month.
The organisers say more established start-ups have entered this time, with 58% in business for more than three years, and an average of 14 employees.
“This is partly explained by the maturing and expansion
