Tag Archives: Autonomous Vehicles

Consortium allemand, dirigé par Infineon, pour construire une plate-forme de supercalcul automobile

(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) Infineon dirige un consortium de 30 partenaires de recherche dans le développement d’une plate-forme de supercalcul automobile pour les futurs véhicules hautement automatisés. Le projet de recherche, appelé Mannheim-CeCaS, étudiera le développement d’une plate-forme informatique centrale holistique … Read the full press release

German consortium, led by Infineon, to build automotive supercomputing platform

(IN BRIEF) Infineon is leading a consortium of 30 research partners in the development of an automotive supercomputing platform for future highly-automated vehicles. The research project, called Mannheim-CeCaS, will investigate the development of a holistic central computing platform to provide … Read the full press release

Vattenfall unveils positive results of the first large-scale seabed survey with uncrewed surface vessels

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 28-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, a Swedish government-owned multinational power company, has announced it conducted a large-scale seabed survey using uncrewed surface vessels at several of its offshore wind farms in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK. The … Read the full press release

Scania expands the route and range of its autonomous vehicle testing on the roads in Sweden

(PRESS RELEASE) SÖDERTÄLJE, 30-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Scania, a leading Swedish supplier of sustainable transport solutions and services, engines for industrial and marine applications, and power generation, has announced the company received an approval by the Transportstyrelsen (The Swedish Transport … Read the full press release

Scania élargit le parcours et la gamme de ses essais de véhicules autonomes sur les routes de Suède

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) SÖDERTÄLJE, 30-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Scania, l’un des principaux fournisseurs suédois de solutions et de services de transport durable, de moteurs pour applications industrielles et marines et de production d’électricité, a annoncé que l’entreprise avait reçu une … Read the full press release

Prof. Markus Lienkamp on Technical University of Munich’s software that enable driverless race cars compete in motor sports

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 10-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Technical University of Munich (TUM) , a German public research university and one of Europe’s leading research universities, has announced that it has developed a software which enabled race cars to compete in … Read the full press release

Loughborough University’s Dr Andrea Soltoggio part of DARPA funded project that will train independent AI systems collaborate and share knowledge with each other

(PRESS RELEASE) LOUGHBOROUGH, 28-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Loughborough University,  a UK top 10 University, has announced it will lead a project aimed at helping independent AI systems to learn from each other. The new international project will look into creating … Read the full press release

Volvo Group Venture Capital to invest in Foretellix, maker of a verification platform for autonomous vehicles

(PRESS RELEASE) GOTHENBURG, 1-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The Volvo Group (STO: VOLV-B), a Swedish multinational manufacturing company, has announced its venture capital arm the Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has decided to invest in Foretellix Ltd, a leading company in … Read the full press release

Siemens launches the first industrial 5G router

Scalance MUM856-1 connects local industrial applications to public 5G, 4G, and 3G mobile wireless networks Router supports future-oriented applications such as remote access via public 5G networks or the connection of mobile devices such as automated guided vehicles in industry … Read the full press release

Germany’s Digital Champions Award 2020: University Medicine Essen; Freeletics; BIT Technology; Beumer Group

(PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 20-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s largest cross-industry digitization initiative Digital X has announced the winners of this year’s Digital Champions Award across Germany. The Four companies honored are as follows: University Medicine Essen for their “Colleague AI” … Read the full press release

BAE Systems and the University of Birmingham to accelerate the development of advanced sensing technology

(PRESS RELEASE) FARNBOROUGH, 6-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — New collaboration between BAE Systems and the University of Birmingham will see the development of Advanced sensing technologies which have the potential to benefit aspects of everyday life. BAE Systems and the University … Read the full press release

Scania’s 2030 vision for urban transportation: NXT concept vehicle

(PRESS RELEASE) SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, 12-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Scania has just unveiled self-driving battery electric urban concept vehicle called NXT. The concept vehicle has been designed with flexibility in mind – it can shift from transporting commuters to and from … Read the full press release

Jaguar Land Rover prepares tomorrow’s engineers for the self-driving future through its Land Rover 4×4 in Schools programme

(PRESS RELEASE) WHITLEY, 16-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Jaguar Land Rover is looking to inspire the next generation of software coders and talents with its Land Rover 4×4 In Schools programme. Land Rover 4×4 in Schools programme gives tomorrow’s engineers the chance … Read the full press release

Koenigsegg to accelerate growth in the hyper car market with EUR 150 million funding from NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden)

(PRESS RELEASE) TROLLHÄTTAN, Sweden, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) has just announced it purchased 20 percent minority stake in Koenigsegg’s parent company for EUR 150 million. The high-performance sports cars maker Koenigsegg will use the new capital to accelerate … Read the full press release

Amey Consulting appoints Peter Williamson as Head of Mobility

OXFORD, 24-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Amey Consulting announced today that Peter Williamson has joined the business as Head of Mobility. Peter, former Head of Delivery, ITS at Cubic Transportation Systems, brings with him over thirty years of experience in the … Read the full press release

European consortium AVENUE prepares the technical, economic and legislative integration of autonomous vehicles in European cities

GENEVA, 16-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Autonomous vehicles promise to be the next revolution in public transport. They should find their first users in suburban areas, which are less well served by traditional transportation networks. But for these new services to develop, … Read the full press release

Autonomous Vehicles to Benefit from New Project of TomTom and QualComm

Qualcomm-generated data to feed TomTom’s HD Map offering BARCELONA, 06-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — TomTom (TOM2), a global leader in navigation products, and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced a new project to crowdsource high-definition map … Read the full press release