Seven companies to test self-driving bus technologies for public transit

A self-driving bus test project organised by the “Mobility Innovation Consortium,” an organisation to promote autonomous driving led by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) will be supported by Advanced Smart Mobility Co., Ltd., Aichi Steel Corporation, Kyocera, Nippon Signal Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation and SoftBank Corp.

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New ridehailing business Alto selects Bestmile technology to manage and optimise first-of-its-kind mobility experience

Bestmile, a mobility services platform used to plan, manage, and optimise autonomous and human-driven vehicle fleets, reports that Alto, a new Dallas-based ridehailing business, will launch the first phase of its service next week, with on-demand rides managed by Bestmile’s Mobility Services Platform.

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Terbine opens first nationwide system of public agency IoT data

Terbine announced at the ITS America Executive Forum that it has successfully characterised and indexed open-source IoT data feeds from public agencies across the country, and made the feeds discoverable via a single, standardised interface.

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Hyundai invests in Deep Learning computer vision startup allegro.ai

Hyundai Cradle Tel Aviv, Hyundai Motor’s corporate venturing and open innovation businesses in Israel, announced its strategic investment in allegro.ai,

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Smart Mobility Congress marks the path towards urban and interurban mobility of the future

The 2ndSmart Mobility Congress (SMC) runs from November 13-15, 2018. The conference and conference focuses on urban and intercity intelligent transport, and will address the challenges that greater urban concentration raises in terms of mobility,

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How to ensure the safety of cutting-edge ADAS technology

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) increase car safety by helping with monitoring, warning, braking and steering tasks. These systems are set to grow over the next decade, driven in part by advancements in sensing and laser technologies, and by regulatory change.

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‘Incredible potential of 5G’ needs to be matched by huge investment in fibre optic network infrastructure, Dey tells ECOC

There may be a vast number of opportunities for mobile fronthaul and backhaul on the horizon but improvements in protocols, standards and technology will also need to be made.

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Smart cities will shape the future of autonomous vehicles

We talk a lot about how connected cars and autonomous vehicles are going to shape smart cities, but that’s looking through the wrong end of the binoculars, writes Annie Turner. Cities are going to have a profound impact on the automotive industry in future.

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Spirent positions to assure next-generation device and network performance

Spirent, the trusted provider of test, measurement, assurance and analytics solutions for next-generation devices and networks, announced the company-wide “Promise. Assured.” business initiative to

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Israeli embedded AI processor start-up Hailo targets Japan and South Korea

Hailo, developers of a proprietary chip technology for deep learning on edge devices, is extending its efforts to work with technology and business partners in Japan and South Korea.

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Self-Driving vehicles to reach 50mn by 2026, as Singapore and US Lead Country Readiness Index

New findings from Juniper Research reveal that by the end of 2026 there will be over 50 million autonomous vehicles on the road, with over 10 million in the US and 15 million in the Far East and China. In comparison, the global market will account for 1.5 billion vehicles on the road during the same year.

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Demand growing fast for digital twins and AI in automotive, power generation and aviation, says GE’s CDO

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Autonomous systems, supported by artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twins, are a game-changer for industrial organisations. Today we are moving away from people telling machines what to do to a world where machines tell people what to do.

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Fleet security specialist Trillium raises US$11mn in Series A2 funding led by VC giant JAFCO

Trillium Secure, Inc., a global provider of cybersecurity protection and secure data management for vehicles and fleets, has announced an $11 million (€9.36 million) round of Series A2 funding led by JAFCO. Other participating investors included Airbus Ventures, Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Tokyo Century Corporation and Plug and Play Ventures.

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Gemalto and Faraday Future work together to deploy secure, connected vehicles

In anticipation of Faraday Future’s launch of its first intelligent electric car, Gemalto announced it is providing the data security and encryption technology that will help protect the software that powers the car and data collected from everyday use of its cars.

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MagicCube to launch its PIN-on-Glass product at Money 20/20 Europe in suite of IoT and PoS systems

MagicCube, the company that claims the world’s only Software Trusted Execution Environment platform (sTEE), is exhibiting at Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam on June 4th – 6th.

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Spirent now integrates with dSPACE for faster, more precise Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) development

Spirent Communications plc, the provider in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) testing solutions, announced its solutions now integrate with vehicle testing systems from dSPACE, the producer of engineering tools for developing and testing mechatronic control systems.

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