Dominos launches driverless pizza delivery in US
The world’s largest pizza delivery company, Domino’s, has announced it’s going to be offering customers in the American city of Houston driverless deliveries. Select customers who order from a specific branch in the city can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro’s R2 robot, which Domino’s says is the first completely “autonomous, occupantless on-road […]
Mobileye tech underpinning driverless deliveries within two years
The Intel-owned machine vision company Mobileye has announced that its teaming up with , Silicon Valley venture-backed company Udelv to launch a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles. The companies are planning to build more than 35,000 “Transporters” by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023. The companies say this is believed to be the first […]
Highways England joins Smart Mobility Living Lab
Highways England has formally joined the Innovation Community of the Smart Mobility Living Lab – the world-leading London-based test bed to develop future automated and carbon-neutral future transport solutions. SMLL is a multi-million pound joint initiative between industry and government aimed at accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, carbon neutral, transport system. The testbed […]
Waymo’s CEO steps down
The boss of Google’s driverless car division, Waymo, is stepping down after five and a half years in charge. In a blog post, John Krafcik (pictured) has written that after an “exhilarating” time leading this team, he’s decided to “kick-off new adventures”. “To start, I’m looking forward to a refresh period, reconnecting with old friends […]
Thales creating new CAV cyber campus on former steelworks in South Wales
Thales and the Welsh Government have announced the next stage of development to create a living laboratory campus for cyber trust at the former steelworks site in Ebbw Vale. The development will add two new centres alongside the National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) to create ResilientWorks, a campus including research laboratories and a test track […]
Real time data for CAVs successfully transmitted in TISA first
The Europe-wide Traveller Information Services Association, TISA, has announced that two of its members have demonstrated a live data feed that provides external real-time data specifically tailored for Automated Driving vehicles. It says this will help increase safety and ensure better traffic management. TISA members TomTom and NNG have proved it is possible to send […]
Plans for autonomous service in Cambridge revealed
“Bold, pioneering” conceptual designs have been revealed for the planned Cambridge Autonomous Metro service, which aims to “revolutionise” travel around the city and region. Three different ideas have been put forward to help shape and transform how the CAM vehicle, infrastructure and system would operate. The CAM project has a mission to “be transformational for […]
American study suggests no job lay-offs from driverless trucking
A study into the effects of driverless freight technology in America has concluded that there will not be a need for drivers to lose their jobs to automation. The Federal Department of Transport report, “Macroeconomic Impacts of Automated Driving Systems in Long-Haul Trucking” that assuming the occupational turnover remains near today’s levels, employment levels in […]
Tesla accused of “testing unfinished driverless tech on its users”
A federal agency is calling for tougher requirements on testing autonomous driving, and the proposed changes could eventually force Tesla to change how it rolls out features to customers. American website 360APROKO reports that the US National Transportation Safety Board is calling for stronger federal requirements for the design and use of automated driving systems […]
Data exchange webinar invites you to “meet Convex”
A webinar on Thursday 25th March 2021 is inviting players in the CAV industry to learn more about the organisation Convex, which collaborates across the mobility sector. Convex describes itself as “sitting at the intersection between Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Intelligent Transport Infrastructure, Digitised Freight and Logistics and Mobility-based Services”. It collaborates with different parts […]