Highways specialist delivers social distancing solutions
As the world starts to emerge from the post Covid lockdown Neil Levett, the past owner of industry websites, magazines and associated industry events, has launched a new website designed to keep site-based personnel and office staff compliant with social distancing rules whilst working safely. Levett has launched his new site www.keep2m.co.uk which contains innovative products, services […]
Ford patents inflatable solar panel
Ford has come up with an interesting way to charge electric cars – a solar panel which grows beyond its roof when it’s parked. The website GearPatrol.com has spotted a patent application lodged in the US which shows how the retractable cover extends across a vehicle, increasing the area of solar panels and therefore the […]
Mobileye CEO predicts consolidation in CAV industry
The head of Intel-owned Mobileye says companies will have to consolidate in the autonomous vehicle sector because it’ll be too difficult for independent businesses to co-operate. Reuters quotes Amnon Shashua as saying the strategy of individual companies focusing on one component, like safety, sensors or maps, is not sustainable because it’s an “end-to-end system” that […]
Porsche invests in “simulated sense of touch” solution
Carmaker Porsche is taking a minority stake in Israeli technology company Tactile Mobility which has a solution to artificially give a car “a sense of touch”. The solution simulates touch by using an algorithm to process data that is provided by existing sensors and is used to, for example, improve assessment of friction coefficient between […]
Road condition surveys could help councils with cycling and walking plans
Detailed video surveys (like the one featured below) conducted on roads in the UK could help highway and transport planners to speedily re-allocate their road space for cyclists and pedestrians. This fence-to-fence roadscape data provides invaluable information for makinge the necessary changes to the network to accommodate the latest modifications required to encourage more cycling […]
Another congress postponed, this time in Russia
ERTICO – ITS Europe has decided to hold off hosting its first Eastern European Congress for two years because of the Coronavirus crisis. It’s agreed with the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan that the event in the Russian city of Kazan will now be held on 19-21 September 2022. Instead, Kazan will host the […]
Musk “hoping to introduce low-cost battery this year”
It’s reported Tesla is planning to launch a new battery solution which will make its electric car prices comparable with traditional internal combustion engined models. Reuters reports that CEO Elon Musk plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next which are designed […]
AppyWay hires former Cisco CEO as new Chairman
Parking and kerbside management innovator AppyWay has hired former Cisco UK and Ireland Chief Exec Phil Smith to be its new non-exec Chairman. The company says his previous experience “notably as former Chair of InnovateUK and The Tech Partnership, positions Smith as the ideal fit to lead AppyWay’s board and help accelerate the company’s sustainable […]
Speed cameras upgraded across Dorset
20 new digital speed cameras are being installed across Dorset, replacing old-style wet film versions. Bournemouth Echo reports the Redflex cameras will be rotated across 30 sites around the county, complementing average speed camera systems. The paper adds that the digital cameras are capable of covering up to four lanes of traffic and don’t need […]
Ten new companies join CPC’s Intelligent Mobility Accelerator
A company using AI to improve electric vehicle charging, one that uses big data to make public transport more efficient and a way of making travel more sustainable by influencing behaviour have joined a programme to support transport start ups. The Connected Places Catapult’s Intelligent Mobility Accelerator, which is a partnership between Connected Places Catapult […]