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Here's how tomorrow's intelligent trucks work
Personalised, predictive and always driveable. Tomorrow’s intelligent truck is more similar to a smartphone on wheels than a traditional vehicle. “Within a few years this is going to revolutionise productivity in the transport industry,” says Hayder Wokil, Director Quality & Uptime, Volvo Trucks.
Putting autonomous pedestrian detection to the test
Euro NCAP is introducing a new test to check how well vehicles autonomously detect and prevent collisions with pedestrians. With new vehicles offering more autonomous driver assist systems, Euro NCAP’s Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Pedestrian tests will make it simpler for consumers and manufacturers to find out which systems work best.
Bringing autonomous driving a step closer
Along with the launch of a software update for its Model S electric car, Tesla has accelerated the development of its AutoPilot software to help bring full automation of the company’s cars ever closer.Company Chief Executive Elon Musk recently took to Twitter to appeal for engineers in an effort to increase the AutoPilot software team.
Robots will soon be collecting your rubbish quietly
Imagine a robot that quietly and discreetly enters your neighborhood, collects your refuse bin and empties it into the truck. It is done without waking the sleeping families and without heavy lifting for the truck’s driver. This is the purpose of ROAR, a joint project with the aim to develop tomorrow’s smart transport solutions.
Apps for iOS improve the lives of mobile workers
From its annual Telogis Latitude business conference, Telogis, is revealing its lineup of iOS apps that bring innovative functionality and fun to the mobile business environment. The user experience enhancements to Telogis’ award-winning connected vehicle and mobile workforce apps take advantage of the unique tools and features available on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
How LTE is changing the world of automotive entertainment
In implementing Long Term Evolution, or 4G LTE networks, communications operators have achieved the fastest ever rollout of a network standard. Its popularity is partially explained by our hunger for bandwidth, particularly in a world where the growth in data traffic is accelerating, driven by our thirst for streaming video from YouTube, IPTV, Netflix and others. In fact, video is now the largest consumer of video bandwidth. It's also interesting...
Kia joins the list of MOST-subscribing automakers
The MOST Co-operation - standardisation organisation for the leading automotive multimedia network technology Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) - is delighted to announce that Kia Motors has integrated MOST150 into its latest vehicle model, the Kia K900.With Kia, MOSTCO sees another car brand count on MOST150 for its in-car multimedia network, alongside Audi, Daimler, Volkswagen, and Volvo.
MOST selected for use in Volvo XC90
MOST is pleased to announce that Volvo has integrated the MOST150 into its Volvo XC90. Along with a high bandwidth of 150Mbit/s, the MOST features an isochronous transport mechanism to support extensive video applications, as well as an Ethernet channel for efficient transport of IP-based packet data.
Safety first and second
Steve Rogerson reports from the Fifth International ISO26262 Conference in Berlin
Hidria signs €30m deal at CWIEME Berlin 2015
Slovenian motor component manufacturer Hidria is set to dominate the global electric hybrid drive market after a stand-out deal at CWIEME Berlin 2015.