European eCall mandate poised to come into effect
From April 2018, every vehicle in the European Union (EU) with a new type approval must have the eCall automatic…
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Knee airbag module developed with fabric housing for lightness
ZF has developed a fabric housing knee airbag module that it says is up to 30% lighter than a traditional…
Autonomous snowploughs used to clear airport runway
Self-driving snowploughs were used for the first time on 19 March, 2018, to clear a runway at Fagernes Airport in…
Here calls for rethink over location data sharing, to boost AV acceptance
A new study by Here Technologies has highlighted widespread unease with sharing location data which could hinder the acceptance…
CORAM project targets non-line-of-sight perception for CAVs
A new project in the UK is studying how infrastructure-deployed sensors can deliver ‘look-ahead’ and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) perception to connected…