Venture capital firm Maniv Mobility announced today (July 9) that it has closed its second venture fund with US$100m in commitments, including strategic investment by 12 organizations from the automotive and transportation industry.

Investors in Maniv’s newest fund include Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi; Aptiv; BMW i Ventures; Hyundai Motor Group; Lear Corp; LG Electronics; Shell Ventures and Valeo. Additional investors include Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures – the venture arm of the German rail and logistics operator Deutsche Bahn – and the Israeli car importer Carasso Motors.

Maniv will continue to invest in the leading startups accelerating the digitization of transportation.

Continue reading Maniv Mobility secures US$100m in second venture fund for self-driving startups at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

With each new self-driving feature – assisted parallel parking, intersection collision warning, lane change assistance, emergency braking – imaginations can run wild with what is in store for the car of the future. The industry is embracing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) to chart the course for tomorrow’s vehicle. These capabilities already demonstrate clear benefits, from reducing collisions to improving driver safety on the road.

In order for AD/ADAS to grow successfully, there not only needs to be a step-by-step approach to reducing human interaction, but in building customer trust of the vehicle and adjacent systems as well.

Continue reading Key considerations for the safe introduction of autonomous vehicles at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Hidden displays and self-cleaning surfaces are just a few of the features the car interior of the future could offer passengers as fully autonomous shared mobility solutions continue to be developed.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors, an automotive interior supplier, has unveiled a rideshare concept called the Experience in Motion demonstrator 2020 (XiM20). The pod-like vehicle features a dual-zone layout with an airy space at the front with two seats offering views through the large curved windshield, and at the rear there is a lounge-like cocoon for privacy.

The interior concept has the ability to customize its experience to the passenger’s journey through an array of technology including smart surfaces.

Continue reading Smart and self-cleaning: Yanfeng unveils autonomous cabin of the future at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

UK CITE, a £7.1m (US$9m) project to build a real-world environment for testing communications technologies for connected and future autonomous vehicles, has come to an end, after completing the installation of infrastructure and testing cybersecurity in test roads in the Midlands, UK.

The project has delivered a cutting-edge infrastructure and ecosystem that will help boost the development of autonomous and connected vehicles in the UK. One of its biggest developments was a Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2X) test environment where it has installed ITS G5 (wireless) units on roads in Coventry that are able to relay warning messages from digital highway signs such as roadworks, accident, or traffic warnings to vehicles using in-vehicle messages.

Continue reading UK CITE project: Preparing UK roads for a self-driving future at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

As the US Army seeks to modernize its methods by developing autonomous solutions for the battlefield, finding the hardware tough enough to survive the rigors of war is essential.

Crystal Group, a manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic hardware, has revealed its sensor fusion hardware and field-tested network solutions at a recent AUSA Army Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence expo in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The company demonstrated its RACE0161, a high-performance, rugged embedded autonomous vehicle computer that harnesses modern commercial off-the-shelf components stabilized in a tough, compact enclosure to streamline and speed the development and deployment of safe, robust and reliable autonomous and unmanned vehicles and systems.

Continue reading New sensor fusion hardware for autonomous military vehicles revealed at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Following the announcement that Edinburgh will roll out its first full-size autonomous bus service, the UK government has announced that London’s public will also be the first in the UK to experience self-driving public transportation technology with members of the public being able to take a ride on the vehicles by 2021.

Three new public trials of self-driving public transportation were unveiled by business and energy secretary Greg Clark on a visit on Thursday to Oxbotica, part of one of the winning consortia.

As part of the announcement, an Oxbotica-powered consortium was awarded government funding to launch self-driving passenger services in London by 2021 with taxi company Addison Lee.

Continue reading UK government reveals London and Edinburgh public first to experience self-driving vehicles at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

With last-mile delivery solutions being identified as a booming market for autonomous vehicles in the urban environment, a new self-driving vehicle has been unveiled designed specifically to solve the problem of inner city logistics.

The StreetDrone Deliver-E, created by theOxford-based autonomous vehicle solutions company, is a micro mobility solution based on a Renault Twizy that has been equipped with sensors, cameras and lidar for self-driving capability, as well as adapted bodywork to feature space for items such as parcels and food.

“The StreetDrone Deliver-E product delivers a micro mobility last mile solution to the growing concerns over urban congestion caused by too many large white vans being used to deliver tiny little packages.

Continue reading StreetDrone unveils Deliver-E self-driving delivery vehicle at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

As part of a project to develop new technologies for autonomous personal driving and logistics, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has selected PSI Logistics to lead its APEROL research project.

The Autonomous, PErson-Related Organization of road traffic and digital Logistics (APEROL) consists of a consortium of experts and research institutions to implement, test and validate a fully automated organization of traffic and transportation systems by the end of 2020.

PSI Logistics, a solutions provider for intelligent logistics management, has been awarded the leadership of the project and will partner with the University of Trier, the City of Aachen, e.GO Mobile, MAT.TRAFFIC as well as Ergosign.

Continue reading APEROL project to shake up Germany’s autonomous driving development at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Jaguar Land Rover has developed new vehicle technology that will tell drivers when to speed up or slow down to enable them to avoid sitting at red traffic lights.

Its connected vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) uses a Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory (GLOSA) system, which is able to ‘talk’ to traffic lights to find out their light cycles and then feed back to individual cars what the appropriate speed is to keep traffic flow steady.

The system is intended to improve congestion and reduce emissions by preventing drivers either harshly accelerating to beat the lights or suddenly braking.

Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover unveils technology to help drivers avoid red traffic lights at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Plans to build Europe’s first Smart City Mobility Center in the UK, to test and develop future transportation systems including connected and driverless cars, has been announced.

The multi-million dollar project, which will be based at the University of Warwick’s Wellesbourne campus, will form a center that creates state-of-the-art autonomous technology and vehicle modular architectures, and prototype new vehicle systems.

Technology research projects at the Smart City Mobility Center will be able to benefit from regional developments of 5G being carried out by the West Midlands Combined Authority at the new £20m (US$25m) UK Mobility Data Institute.

Continue reading Plans for Europe’s first Smart City Mobility Center revealed at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.