Oxa announces partnership with eVersum to deploy autonomous passenger shuttles
The autonomous vehicle software developer Oxa, and eVersum, provider of electric commercial vehicles and passenger transport solutions, are partnering to design, develop and produce shared autonomous passenger vehicles. They say these vehicles will be offered to public transport operators in Europe and the US, to revolutionise the transportation sector, with the first being autonomous city […]
£1.3m for UK driverless trials
Local Authorities and regional transport operators will study how self-driving vehicle technology can improve local transport in remote, rural, and urban areas, as they are awarded a share of £1.3 million in joint UK government and industry funding to study the feasibility of self-driving mass transit solutions across the UK. Six projects will study how […]
Google revealed to have taken stake in Oxa
It’s been revealed that Google has invested in British driverless car company Oxa. The Telegraph newspaper reports that the company has taken a 3.5% stake in the Oxford University spin-out that aims to provide the operating system for driverless car fleets. It says company filings have revealed the investment. Google was a previously undisclosed investor […]
Nissan-backed research project to bring autonomous mobility to UK residential and rural roads
The UK’s newest autonomous driving research project backed by Nissan and funded by the UK Government is underway. With the aim of enhancing the UK’s autonomous drive capability and technically supporting the supply chain’s readiness for mass adoption, the project called evolvAD will put Connected and Autonomous Vehicles through their paces on a variety of […]
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 […]
Transport Committee says legislation needed to “continue great British success story of self-driving vehicles”
The Transport Committee has published its report on the future of self-driving vehicles and how the Government should approach their introduction to the UK’s roads. The cross-party Committee makes a number of recommendations on how regulations should be updated to tackle concerns about safety and security, dilemmas over legal liability, as well as infrastructure that […]
Conigital Announces Landmark £500 million Series A+ Funding Offer
British driverless vehicle company Conigital, which has operations in Australia, Brazil, and India, has secured an offer of £500 million in Series A+ funding. Announced at this year Low Carbon Vehicle (LVC) Connected Automated Mobility (CAM) event, this investment, described as “transformative” and made up of a combination of equity and debt, is the outcome […]
Cruise “days away” from driverless pod production
The General Motors subsidiary Cruise is “on the cusp” of mass-producing a driverless vehicle designed to transport up to six passengers. Cruise Origin doesn’t have manual steering controls or pedals and is designed to operate entirely through autonomous technology. The website IoT News reports it has faced a “significant hurdle’ obtaining approval from the US […]
£18.5 million funding for UK’s connected and automated mobility supply chain
Thirteen projects aimed at improving the safety and security of self-driving vehicles are to share £18.5 million of taxpayer funding to fill specific technology gaps which should improve performance, reliability and scale-up Connected and Automated Vehicle opportunities in the UK and globally. The grants, as part of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Commercialising Connected and […]
Long-term benefits “outweigh autonomous vehicle risks”
Experts at the leading driverless car research centre, the University of Michigan, are warning traffic and safety concerns over driverless vehicles could lead to setbacks for manufacturers Waymo and Cruise if the performance data in various conditions isn’t conducted at the highest standards. Jim Rampton, a lecturer at the U-M School of Information, is a […]