Sunderland driverless pod service delayed until next year
A self-driving pod service in Sunderland city centre has been delayed until 2025. The BBC reports the timeline around the Sunderland City Council-backed vehicles has “slipped a little”. The service will transport people between the city’s transport interchange and its hospital. The trial would be starting sometime in the new year. “Our commitment to trialling […]
Driverless bus vandalised at University of the Highlands & Islands’ Inverness Campus
A driverless bus at Inverness Campus has been vandalised. It is believed the vehicle was damaged over the weekend, just days before it was due was due to be trialled. Ranald Robertson, director of HiTrans, who are rolling out the project, told the Inverness Courier: “We are very disappointed that this vandalism has occurred. This has been […]
Driverless passenger vehicle trials begin in Inverness
A pair of driverless four-seater Aurrigo Auto-Pods are being trialled in the Scottish Highlands. Passengers have beeb offered the service on a 750m-long route between Inverness Airport and Dalcross railway station. A 10-seater Aurrigo Auto-Shuttle will be used on the Inverness campuses of the University of the Highlands and Islands. Project partners include University of […]
UK SMEs to showcase the country’s transport innovations at the ITS World Congress in Dubai
Eleven Small and medium enterprises have signed up to a high-profile platform at Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in September thanks to a unique partnership of leading supporters of UK transport technology. The British Pavilion at the ITS World Congress in Dubai is being hosted by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), for the […]
Milton Keynes to host major self-driving vehicle trial
Milton Keynes has been selected to trial a new self-driving shuttle as part of a Europe-wide research project that’s the longest and most geographically complex of its kind. The LivingLAPT project is funded by EIT Urban Mobility and led by University College London (UCL). An autonomous shuttle uses five lidar sensors and seven cameras to create a […]
Aurrigo wins European grant for Living Lab for Autonomous Public Transport Project
The Coventry-based autonomous vehicle technology solutions company Aurrigo has been awarded a €275,820 (approx £240,000) grant from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for its participation in the Living Lab for Autonomous Public Transport Project. The project sees Aurrigo’s Auto-Shuttle autonomous passenger transport vehicle running in Prague, Brno and Milton Keynes, initially with a […]
Report finds driverless vehicles could fill public transport gaps
A new survey led by the Department for Transport suggests self-driving vehicles could be used to bridge the gaps in the UK’s public transport network. The study found up to 72% of people surveyed believed the vehicles could be used to improve transport links – particularly in rural areas. Sky News has seen the results […]
Aston University project with Aurrigo improves its driverless vehicle’s capabilities
Aston University has announced it has completed a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Coventry-based global transport technology firm Aurrigo, resulting in a machine vision solution making its autonomous vehicles more capable. The project has led to the company’s driverless vehicles being able to see and recognise objects in greater detail resulting in improved performance across […]
Aurrigo gives more details of flotation plans
The autonomous vehicle technology solutions company Aurrigo has given more details on its plans to list on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange as it looks to accelerate growth across its aviation division. It says the company, which was formed 29 years ago by brothers David (pictured) and Graham Keene, has raised £8m […]
Aurrigo to float on AIM stock exchange
Driverless vehicle innovator Aurrigo is planning to float on London’s junior AIM stock exchange sometime this month. The website Market Watch has spotted an announcement on AIM, although the number of shares on admission and issue price remain to be confirmed. Aurrigo designs, engineers, manufactures and supplies OEM products and autonomous vehicles to the automotive, […]
