Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment
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A Force Multiplier – An Autonomous Mobile Sensing Device
“The K3 and the K5 we have been operating now over 180,000 hours and over 100,000 hours all across the country helping security guards and security professionals do their jobs more effectively,” said William Santana Li, CEO and Chairman of Knightscope, Inc. These mobile, autonomous data gathering machines, with sensors to measure and record things…
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Keep on Trucking With Automation #AVS17
With the headlines screaming the potential loss of millions of jobs, one of the more timely panels at Automated Vehicle Symposium 2017 (AVS17) was on the impact of autonomy on the trucking industry. Richard Bishop of Bishop Consulting, led a panel at AVS17 that brought together a broad swath of the trucking ecosystem, including one of…
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An Electrifying People Moving Alternative – Part 1
IDTechEx projects that within the next few years that electric buses will represent the largest market for advanced and post-Li-ion batteries. With orders from over 30 transit agencies, one of the driving forces behind the demand for electric buses is Proterra. In part one of this two-part interview, Proterra CEO and president, Ryan Popple, discusses…
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The Maturation of the Autonomous Vehicle Space
Reflecting upon the comments and insight from this week’s Automated Vehicle Symposium 2017, the automated vehicle space feels like the Video on Demand space did a couple of decades ago. The technology wizards are making great progress and its obvious the industry is maturing because there are multiple companies addressing both mainstream challenges, as well…
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You See Driverless Mobility in the Near-Future
Beyond safety and improved accessibility, driverless technologies promise a blank canvas for vehicle designers to redefine the mobility experience. UISEE Technologies, a Beijing-based company formed in 2016, is approaching mobility from a fresh perspective that is often difficult for incumbents. In the above interview, filmed at International CES2017, UISEE co-founder, Xin Zhou, explains how the…
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DSRC or 5G?
Which radio technology will win the day in the autonomous vehicle future; DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) or 5G (or 5GAA (PDF))? As Brian Daugherty, CTO of the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) suggests in the above interview, these different radio technologies are likely to be complementary, fulfilling different needs. An important premise is…