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.

Siemens is expanding its ESCoS Roadside Unit (RSU) system with Travel Sense, a cloud application that collects anonymised data from passing vehicles via wi-fi, Bluetooth or DSRC (dedicated short-range communications) to monitor traffic flow.

The ESCoS Roadside RSU has an integrated LTE modem for fast backhaul communication and a wi-fi and Bluetooth interface already on board enabling it to connect to the new Travel Sense app, which is powered by Acyclica Go.

“Determining which technologies will be required long-term and which will need to be replaced by connected vehicle technology is ongoing right now and already affecting today’s investment cycles,” said Marcus Welz, president of Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems in the USA.

Continue reading Siemens adds travel time capability to V2I system at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.