Atkins awarded capital delivery partner role by Oxfordshire County Council
Atkins has been awarded a contract to become Oxfordshire County Council’s capital transport delivery partner for the next four years. The company and its subsidary, Faithful + Gould will deliver £600m worth of transport projects in a commercial roile alongside project managers, mainly related to the council’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) funding. This will include […]
Ford focussing on EVs and connectivity
The carmaker Ford is committing to 40% of its global vehicle volume being all-electric by 2030, and is raising planned electrification spending to $30+ billion (£21.25 billion) by 2025. It says this investment includes development of IonBoost solid state batteries while it plans for growth and value creation based on ‘always-on’ customer relationships and leadership […]
Oxfordshire moves into phase two of the GovTech Catalyst programme to improve traffic information
Oxfordshire’s road users could see a technological revolution in the coming years that could involve traffic information being used to help them to get around more easily with the launch of the second phase of a government-backed research project. The Oxfordshire launch of phase two of the GovTech Catalyst initiative on work to transform the […]
5G trials in Milton Keynes get underway
“Once again Milton Keynes will be the testing ground for more futuristic and novel uses of modern technology,” a report in the New City’s local newspaper proudly trumpets as trials using a new 5G system get underway. The Milton Keynes Citizen says trials have started in the MK:5G programme, which is a new testbed in […]
INCREMENT P to join the HERE Marketplace
The location data and technology platform HERE Technologies has announced the Japanese digital map and location intelligence company INCREMENT P is expanding the access to its comprehensive, high quality location content and data sets available via the HERE Marketplace. These data sets include Japanese road network data, detailed map data including building footprints, address data that corresponds to Japan’s unique address system, point of interest (POI) data and traffic information. In addition, […]
