Vulcanaer: Air Hybrid for Diesel Engines

Vulcanaer is a novel retrofit regenerative hybrid engine system for diesel buses and trucks, developed at, and spun out from, Brunel University London. It converts the bus engine into an air pump during deceleration. It captures the braking energy as compressed air for subsequent use, including augmenting the vehicle air systems through the compressor and/or
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Gogoro Launches GoShare®, An End-to-End Mobility Sharing Platform And Solution For Smart Cities

GoShare® to Launch In August in Taoyuan, Taiwan, the recipient of the ‘2019 Intelligent Community of the Year’ by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), and is set to Expand to Multiple International Cities Next Year. Gogoro®, a technology leader transforming how innovation is accelerating the shift to sustainable urban mobility, today announced GoShare®, the first
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ABB Technology Supports TriMet’s Wind-Powered All-Electric buses in Portland, Oregon area

E-bus charging solutions from ABB, a global leader in electrification, will support TriMet’s objective to make Portland an even more environmentally friendly city.   TriMet has the eleventh largest bus fleet in the United States, which eliminates more than 210,000 car trips every day in Portland, Oregon metro area. As part of a pilot program,
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Neste pilots a new kind of filling station in Finland, with automated shopping and a refueling robot

Neste is the first company in Finland to introduce automated shopping and robotized refueling at its filling station. With the pilot filling station in Siltamäki, Vantaa, Finland, the company is testing a whole new kind of a customer experience. It is one vision of the future of the filling station, where goods are sold through
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MUJI and Sensible 4 Created Gacha -The First Autonomous Shuttle Bus in the World for All Weather Conditions

MUJI and Finnish autonomous driving company Sensible 4 have combined their expertise to create an elegant robotbus, first in the world to function in all weather conditions.    The vehicle will be displayed to public in its premiere March 2019 in Helsinki. For this shuttle Sensible 4 provides the autonomous driving technology which ensures the vehicle with
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CIRCE has managed to complete the first ultra-fast wireless energy transfer

Zaragoza (Spain) 26/10/2018. CIRCE has successfully tested a new wireless energy transfer solution for use with heavy electric vehicles that is not only faster but also poses less of a problem for urban furniture. The research centre validated its system in the metallurgy industry, managing to transfer inductive power at a rate of 300 kW
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Veoneer Introduces Autonomous Driving Supercomputer Based on Zenuity Software and NVIDIA Processing Power

Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE and SSE: VNE SDB), the world’s largest pure-play company focused on Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving (AD), has developed the “Zeus” supercomputer – designed to meet the requirements for level 4 Autonomous Driving with Zenuity’s Autonomous Driving software stack, based on the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier running NVIDIA
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Nova Bus electric bus exhibited in Ottawa

Nova Bus was honored to have been invited to Ottawa to present its all-electric bus at an event held today in the nation’s capital. The goal was to provide invited guests an opportunity to learn more about the technologies and features of this type of vehicle and see what the associated infrastructure, such as the
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Goodyear Demonstrates its Intelligent Tire Prototype on the Road

GENEVA, March 6, 2018 Goodyear intelligent tire prototype is designed to ensure optimal connectivity between tire and fleet operators At the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, Goodyear showcased the latest advances on its intelligent tire prototype, a complete tire information system that includes a tire, sensors and cloud-based algorithms that all work together to communicate
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NIRA Dynamics AB: Norway Invests in Safer Winter Roads Using Connected Cars

The Norwegian road authority Norska Statens Vegvesen invests in new technology for winter road prognosis from Klimator and NIRA Dynamics, Road Status Information. RSI is software which through advanced algorithms combines the data from connected vehicles with information from roadside weather stations and weather forecasts. That makes connected vehicles rolling weather stations which transmit various
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PAL-V: The World’s First Flying Car Production Model Comes to Life

On the 6th & 7th of March (press only) and between the 8th and 18th of March (public days) at the Geneva Motor Show in booth 1210, PAL-V will unveil the world’s first flying car production model – the PAL-V Liberty. Not only a decisive milestone for PAL-V, but also a historic breakthrough in the
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Ridecell Introduces the First Complete Autonomous New Mobility Solution with Acquisition of Auro and the Launch of the Ridecell Autonomous Operations Platform

Extends new mobility leadership into autonomous by enabling fully operational, on-demand self-driving shuttle services today Ridecell,™ Inc., the leading global platform for carsharing and ridesharing operators, announced the acquisition of Auro, a California-based developer of autonomous vehicle technology, in an all-stock transaction. Ridecell also announced the public availability of its autonomous operations platform which has
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Houston Airports to Be First Airports in the World to Debut Cutting-Edge Wayfinding Technology

Passengers Can Navigate Airport at Their Fingertips, With Ease   Finding your way around Houston’s airports is as simple as checking your smart phone now that a new way-finding technology launched on the Houston Airport System’s award-winning fly2houston.com website. Working with San Francisco-based company LocusLabs, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)—click here to navigate–and William P.
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Future-proofing the Connected Car Starts Now. DEKRA builds test area for connected driving in Malaga, Spain

International expert organization DEKRA is building a connected car test area in Malaga, Spain, as part of their international testing network for connected and automated driving. Through the usage of test scenarios, actual cars, emulation equipment and specific lab settings, partners can already start future-proofing now. The test area will open before the end of
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TM4 expands its product offering with the launch of a Bi-directional Charger Inverter

In a strategic move to broaden its product offering, TM4 announced the launch of a new Bi-directional Charger Inverter, the BCI20. TM4 has developed this product in collaboration with Convertronix, a Quebec-based company specialized in the design and manufacturing of power conversion equipment. The TM4 BCI20 is an innovative Bi-directional Charger Inverter that functions as
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Yanfeng Automotive Interiors Brings Surface Sensitivity to the Interiors of Future Vehicles

More functionality, emotion and freedom of design in interiors Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the global leader in automotive interiors, is a pioneer in the development of new materials for vehicle interiors. At the IAA, with the activeSkin concept, the company presents its vision of integrating intuitive controls into vehicle interiors, which blur the boundaries between
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New Holland Agriculture unveils methane powered concept tractor

A sustainable vision for the future of farming was unveiled today at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, USA. It came proposed in the form of a methane powered concept tractor from New Holland Agriculture, a global agricultural equipment brand of CNH Industrial. It was presented to the show’s audience and online viewers around
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The new electric black cab shines in the desert heat

Our new electric taxi has undergone over a million miles of durability proving in the most demanding use scenarios, taking it from Coventry to some of the most hostile environments on earth. How do you test a vehicle on every type of road surface and conditions at all speeds, consistently and in a repeatable way?
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Miranda XMOD, the World’s First Fully Modular Bicycle Crankset

Miranda is announcing XMOD®, the unique extreme modular bicycle crankset in the world. It is the first of its kind where all parts are completely interchangeable, giving a new definition to crankset modularity. XMOD comes to redefine the flexibility and durability of bicycle cranksets, due to its modular design that creates new opportunities for everyone
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Sono Motors is Presenting the Solar Car “Sion” in Munich for the First Time

During their release event, the startup Sono Motors presented its solar car Sion. More than 700 guests from politics, industry and the press were invited. The Sion has a range of 250km and retails at 16,000 €, without battery. The battery can either be purchased in a one-time transaction of less than 4,000 €, or
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FARO® Releases Revolutionary FARO ZONE 3D for Public Safety Professionals

FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM/CIM, product design, public safety forensics, and 3D solutions applications, announces the availability of the FARO Zone 3D software (www.faro.com/en-us/faro-zone-3d). This revolutionary platform, through its advanced smart tools, is the first of its kind to enable investigators
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Self-steering Volvo Truck set to Increase Brazil’s Sugar-cane Harvest

Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck that can become a significant productivity booster for Brazilian sugar-cane growers. The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered with great precision through the fields in order to avoid damaging the young plants that will form the following year’s crop. At present, about
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Autonomous vehicles for transport of materials in warehouse

SUMMARY University researchers have developed a low cost device that can be adapted to different types of vehicles, allowing the movement and transport of loads in complex spaces without the need for drivers. This system is ideal for transporting materials in warehouses where it is necessary to make a continuous passage of goods between different
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