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Daimler see further growth opportunities in terms of unit sales, revenue and earnings in the coming years. Chairman Dieter Zetsche told analysts in Beijing: “From today’s perspective,
VisLab is going to participate to the World Expo at Shanghai with a project, partially funded by ERC – European Research Council- that will show that it is possible, although in a prototype version, to move goods between two continents with non-polluting vehicles powered by green energy and with virtually no human intervention. Some goods will be packed in Rome, some collected throughout the trip, and finally taken to Shanghai on vehicles with no driver for the first time in history .
VisLab will be responsible for vehicle technology and automation issues, while Overland will be responsible for logistics and media events.
The aim is to demonstrate, through an extensive and impressive test , that the current technology is mature enough for the deployment of non-polluting and no-oil based autonomous vehicles in real conditions. Moreover the Municipality of Rome, an active player in this project, is planning to exploit these vehicles downtown to deliver goods to shops, collect trash, and arrange sustainable mobility in the last mile.
The vehicles
Two Piaggio electric vehicles will perform a 13,000 km trip mainly powered by solar energy, with no driver; two backup vehicles will be part of the trip as well. As a support, 4 Overland trucks will follow the expedition to provide a mechanic shop, storage, and accommodation; finally two additional trucks will be used for media coverage and will be equipped for live satellite broadcasting.
– The first vehicle will drive autonomously in selected sections of the trip and will conduct experimental tests on sensing, decision, and control subsystems, and will continuously collect data. Although limited, human interventions will be needed to define the route and intervene in critical situations.
– The second vehicle will automatically follow the route defined by the preceding vehicle, requiring no human intervention (100% autonomous). This will be regarded as a readily exploitable vehicle, able to move on predefined routes; at the end of the trip, its technology will be transferred to a set of vehicles to move in the inner part of Rome in the close future.
In case the first vehicle is in line of sight,
Magneti Marelli aim to boost North American sales significantly because of Fiat’s alliance with Chrysler, and hope to increase revenue in the North American
Sumitomo Chemical have developed a 165mm (6.5″) OLED panel and exhibited it at the Automotive Engineering Exposition in Yokohama City,
Valeo have created an advisory board to provide management with an international perspective on group issues and strategy, as well as support
Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn says the automaker have received over 13,000 orders in the U.S. and Japan for their new Leaf electric
The new Audi A8 is the first car in the world to offer an optional factory-installed WLAN hotspot for wireless internet access. Passengers in the front and
The auto industry must take the lead in fighting driver distraction. It is a serious problem that kills thousands of Americans each year. Driver distraction
Ultrasound has several characteristics which make it useful and have led to its use in many electronics applications. It is undetectable by the user and has
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