View original post.To butcher a quote from the great science fiction writer William Gibson, “Autonomous vehicles are already here – they’re just not very evenly distributed.” In other words, while autonomous vehicles may not be in your city, they might be in the city next door. Autonomous vehicles are primed for exponential growth, and all indicators point to that growth …

View original post.Over more than a decade, self-driving vehicles have logged millions of miles on roadways across the globe. Despite all that driving, researchers say, the machines are still unable to replicate the sophisticated problem-solving and spontaneity human drivers employ each time they get behind the wheel. In their ambitious attempt to create an autonomous car service, companies like Waymo …

View original post.It’s a big question for many people in traffic-dense cities like Los Angeles: When will self-driving cars arrive? But following a series of high-profile accidents in the United States, safety issues could bring the autonomous dream to a screeching halt. At USC, researchers have published a new study that tackles a long-standing problem for autonomous vehicle developers: testing …

View original post.Several years ago, we offered a vision of where the future of mobility is headed. A world of seamless, intermodal on-demand travel, where private cars are increasingly supplanted by shared autonomous vehicles. We believed then—and now—that trends unfolding in self-driving cars, electric powertrains, ride-hailing, connectivity, micro-mobility, and more offered tremendous promise to address some of society’s most pressing …

View original post.All eyes are on start-ups when it comes to innovation, change and disruption. This is not different for MaaS. Since MaaS is per definition a combined mobility offer, it requires the combination of ideas and partners to create the best solution, as is done by these 10 remarkable MaaS startups. Ecomobix If you are looking to launch a shared mobility service, …

View original post.If developed properly, Mobility as a Service can offer the answer to the mobility problems of tomorrow, from air pollution to traffic congestion. To deploy its full potential, the parameters should be set right from the beginning. One of those parameters is the creation of closed versus open ecosystems. User-centric In its analyses, MaaS Alliance, the public-private partnership …

View original post. Ford hasn’t shied away from the prospect of robo-cars. Back in 2017, Ford brought on autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI to develop a self-driving program with plans to provide a self-driving taxi service in several cities by 2021. It’s been testing in Miami, Washington, D.C., Detroit, and maybe soon in Austin. Its cars can be spotted testing …

View original post.THE man plotting Nissan’s autonomous vehicle strategies got most of his inspiration in places with few cars and no roads. Chief technology director Maarten Serhuis works in Silicon Valley but relies on the ideas he gained from trials in the deserts of Australia and Utah, and the North Pole, when he was a lead researcher for NASA Mars …

View original post.To many, TomTom is a brand synonymous with satellite navigation (“Sat Nav”) devices plastered to car windshields. But behind the scenes, the Dutch mapping company has been building a veritable arsenal of navigation data and high definition (HD) maps as it gears up for the battle to power the connected, autonomous cars of tomorrow. TomTom may not have …

View original post.This post is in association with moovel moovel’s vision is “a world without traffic jams”. Its solutions and apps are helping to simplify urban mobility and encourage people to switch to shared modes of transport in cities including Stuttgart, Los Angeles and Karlsruhe. Leon Rizzi, Chief Sales Officer, moovel, shares his insights on Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). SCW: Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) …