GreenRoad, a specialist in driver performance and safety management, has announced that Big Bus Tours, the largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours in the world, is expanding its use of GreenRoad from London, Dubai and Abu Dhabi to its fleet of 17 buses touring San Francisco. It is also considering deploying GreenRoad in a further 88 buses in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Washington DC, Las Vegas and Miami.
A consortium of European partners demonstrated this week how the Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to improve autonomous driving.
Autopilot (Automated driving progressed by IoT) is a large-scale pilot funded by the European Commission in which partners such as Ertico – ITS Europe and TNO tested IoT-enabled autonomous vehicles (AVs) in France, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.
Other partners involved in Autopilot include IBM, Continental and Huawei.
Nuro’s R2 driverless goods carrier has received the green light to operate from the US Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
