Why OEMs are partnering with startups in race for driverless tech

From Lennon and McCartney, to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak – it is often the case that collaborative partnerships are more effective than solo efforts. It is no surprise then, that the world’s largest truck manufacturers are partnering with innovative…

Hardware solution to further automotive forward camera innovation

Xilinx and Motovis have announced that they are collaborating on a solution that pairs the Xilinx Automotive (XA) Zynq System-on-Chip (SoC) platform and Motovis’ Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) IP to the automotive market, specifically for forward camera systems’ vehicle perception and control.…

Development of embedded systems for automotive and industrial markets

eSOL, a global developer of real time embedded software solutions, and Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the largest software framework company for autonomous systems, has announced their partnership to support high performance, secure embedded applications for automotive and industrial applications running on multicore…

IET report explores advancing safety in transport through automation

The need for a road crash investigations branch is one of the recommendations in a new report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) that explores the expected impact automation will have on the transport sector. Advancing safety in…

Functional safety software provider expands business in Europe

The US-based company CoreAVI, developer of functionally safe software stacks for embedded applications, has announced it is expanding its business in Europe, targeting especially the Industrial IoT, Automotive and Transportation Industries. Founded in the United Kingdom in 2005, CoreAVI moved…

Platform for preventing bike and scooter accidents launched

Autotalks, a V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions pioneer, is launching ZooZ, a platform for preventing bike and scooter accidents with the use of V2X. The company is already in discussions with manufacturing and integration partners in order to implement the platform.…

Vivacity Labs partners with TfGM to spearhead cycling and walking development in Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester is to advance its cycling and walking infrastructure programme through the rollout of new technology by Vivacity Labs.  The transport technology scaleup has been awarded a new contract by Transport for Greater Manchester in its latest investment…

Vivacity Labs expands into Australia with Bicycle Network partnership

AI-powered traffic sensors will be installed in the City of Port Phillip this year to measure bike rider, pedestrian and motor vehicle movements and help the council reduce congestion and increase sustainable transport.  The sensors, which capture anonymous data on…

Varon Vehicles announces collaboration to implement urban air mobility systems

Varon Vehicles and Real-Time Innovations (RTI) announced they will be collaborating to integrate RTI’s software connectivity framework into Varon Vehicles’ Traffic Management Systems (TMS). Varon Vehicles is developing ‘Infrastructure Networks’ which are their vertiports with virtual, connected aerial lanes and…

Project Endeavour concludes with autonomous vehicle passenger rides

Project Endeavour concludes its multi-city demonstration of Autonomous Vehicle (AV) services with a final on-road trial in Greenwich, London. As a part of the conclusion of this wide-ranging initiative, more than 100 members of the public are able to schedule…