RAC WA to trial on-demand automated vehicles in Perth
Perth WA will be one of the first 3 locations in the world to trial the Navya Autonom Cab, an automated, electric vehicle, offering an on-demand service.
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iMOVE participants winners at 2017 ITS Australia National Awards
Cubic Transportation Systems, Transport for NSW, RAC WA, and the University of Melbourne were winners in the 2017 ITS Australia National Awards.
Smart Cities and Suburbs Program – Round 1 funded bids
Fifty-two bids have received funding in the first round of the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, including a number of transport-specific projects.
La Trobe University driverless bus trial set for early 2018
Melbourne is soon to become the second Australian trial spot for HMI’s Autonobus, transporting the general public at the Bundoora campus of La Trobe Uni.
Embark autonomous truck in use now on US highway
Embark Trucks, Ryder, and Frigidaire are right now trialling an autonomous truck on the interstate highway from Texas to California.
Cohda Wireless’ V2X-Locate positioning system
Cohda Wireless’ new V2X-Locate can position vehicles to within sub-metre accuracy, even in scenarios without any GNSS signals.
ITS World Congress 2017 report
Follow the week’s news and events from iMOVE at the ITS World Congress 2017, in Montreal.
Nissan’s Canto lets its electric vehicles sing
Nissan has played to the world the sound effect its electric cars will emit as they are in motion at low-speed. The sound is called Canto.
Volvo’s Polestar goes electric – three models announced
Polestar, Volvo’s performance brand, is now its electric performance brand, with production of one hybrid car and two electric cars announced.
London trials a responsive pedestrian crossing
In a bid to reduce incidents, and make pedestrian crossings safer places, this responsive pedestrian crossing both indicates and predicts movement.
Smart cities: making them liveable AND lovable
Brent Toderian has produced a video in which he speaks about the changes a (smart) city needs to make in order to improve people’s mobility and happiness.
Amazon patents a drone charging station for electric vehicles
Amazon’s idea for a drone that delivers a top-up charge to an electric vehicle has had a patent approval. Will the idea become real?
iMOVE CRC launched and ready to tackle transport systems
The iMOVE CRC has officially launched, and with its partners is ready to create better, smarter transport systems for Australia.
iMOVE CRC launches this week
The 10-year long project that is iMOVE CRC will be launched this week by Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO.
Australian Integrated Multimodal Ecosystem – a world first
AIMES is a transport test bed of Melbourne roads, gathering & connecting data on how we travel, to help Australians reduce transport time, cost, & stress.
Navya driverless buses to be made in South Australia
Navya and the South Australian government have agreed to manufacture driverless bus shuttles for the Asia Pacific market in Adelaide.