Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment
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Swap and Go Mobility #CES2016
A low-cost electric motorcycle/scooter with interchangable batteries is already greatly reducing pollution in Tapei and will be coming to other communities soon. At $3,000, this mobility solution is relatively affordable, features a 60 mile range and is centered around tech features, such as the ability to remotely turn on and off with one’s smart phone.…
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Collaboratively Enabling Mobility
“How do you create a society that enables mobility and not just car ownership…and that facilitates the flow of people and goods,” asks Matt Peak, Managing Partner, Peak Strategy Partners, LLC. Peak suggests that a collaborative process involving the community is essential to improving mobility; both physical and economic. Speaking at the Driverless Cities’ Conference, Peak references…
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Follow the Money to Autonomous Mobility
To paraphrase the advice given in the Wizard of Oz, it is time to follow the money to see where the path to autonomy leads. Summarizing his thoughts on the Automated Vehicles Symposium 16 conference, Paul Godsmark, CTO of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence, suggests that now is the time to start looking closely at how the…
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Fusing Sensors to Make a Smarter Driving Experience
Last April, a RAND report suggested that it would be nearly impossible to drive enough miles to prove the safety benefits of autonomous vehicles..It suggested that alternatives, such as simulations, would be needed to supplement the real-world conditions. The answer to part of this challenge may lie with video games. It may not be the actual…
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Autonomous Vehicles Staying the Course with a Fiber Gyro #AVS16
Redundancy of inputs might be the secret sauce that will lead to the expected safety improvements of autonomous transportation. In the above interview, Sean McCormack, Director, FOG/OEM Sales for KVH Industries, talks about KVH’s inertial sensor as a way for an autonomous vehicle to understand where it is at all times, even, in those cases…
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Automation Will Be a Continuum
“You will need all of them”, says Dr. Louay Eldada. Eldada, CEO of Quanergy was referring to the idea of fusing multiple types of sensors together to paint a complete picture of a vehicle’s environment. This picture Eldada describes is one that is more crisp and extensive (360 degree view) than what a human could see. Quanergy’s…