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Autonomous car tech on display at CES 2017
Autonomous cars are taking a central role at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, reports Bloomberg. More than 130 companies that provide some sort of automotive technology will be present at the s...
Connected and Automated Driving Conference
The European Commission, with the support of the EC-funded projects CARTRE and SCOUT, is pleased to announce its First European Conference on 'Connected and Automated Driving'. Transforming challen...
FOT – Net Data final event
The FOT-Net Data project has concluded its work with a final event in collaboration with CARTRE project that has taken place in Brussels on 14 and 15 December 2016. The first day of the final event...
What is Truck Platooning?
Truck Platooning comprises a number of trucks equipped with state-of-the-art driving support systems – one closely following the other. This forms a platoon with the trucks driven by smart technolog...
AUTOPILOT AUTOmated driving Progressed by Internet Of Things
Call: H2020 – IOT-1-2016 – Pilot 5 - Autonomous vehicles in a connected environment Abstract: Automated driving is expected to increase safety, provide more comfort and create many new bus...
CARTRE workshop on large-scale automation pilots
The European Commission, supported by the CARTRE consortium, organised a workshop on “large-scale automation pilots on public roads in Europe” on 16 December 2016 in Brussels. The participants...
Welcome to Connected and Automated Driving
This platform brings together more than 60 organisations under the lead of the European Commission to support the European Union’s ambition to remain a leader in the field of connected and automated...
BMW seeks to be ‘coolest’ ride-hailing firm with autonomous car
BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Uber , which have spent billions on pay-per-use personal transport. The German carmaker wil...
Autonomoose is the First Driverless Car on Canada’s Roads
As of June, not even a single company had signed on to Canada’s autonomous vehicle test program. That finally changed, and just days ago the Autonomoose rolled onto Ontario roads for its first real-...
Otto to Test Autonomous Rig in Ohio
Ohio is the next venue for autonomous truck tests by Otto, the Uber-owned development company that made a well-reported driverless beer delivery in Colorado several weeks ago. An Otto vehicle was s...
European Automotive-Telecom Alliance launched by 37 partners
Paris, Brussels, 30 September 2016 – At a Round Table on Connected and Automated Driving initiated and chaired by Günther H. Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, the au...