Great Britain
Monta's innovative app for the UK electric car industry
Traffic technology today, 16.08.2021
Monta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging startup based in Copenhagen, has announced an expansion of its work in the UK to help solve the shortage of charging points in the country. The UK's Climate Change Committee suggests that 1,170 charging points per 100 km of road will be required by 2030. However, recent data shows that in 2019 in the UK this target was 570 points per 100 km.
The Society of Automobile Manufacturers and Sellers predicts that to achieve this goal, more than 700 electric vehicle charging points per day will need to be installed in the UK by 2030 - much more than the current figure of 42 points per day.
"The UK is ready to switch completely to electricity, but it just doesn't have the infrastructure," says Monta CEO Kasper Rasmussen.
The Monta app connects business owners, land managers and private homeowners with point installers charging to help electric vehicles. Owners of electric vehicles can freely use the app to find charging points, as well as track energy consumption and expenses. The app integrates with more than 20 popular charging brands in the UK, reducing the risk of drivers being out of range of a suitable charging point.
The popular Danish startup has attracted 4.2 million pounds ($5.8 million) in capital investments since its creation in December 2020, including the first investors of the leader in the field of electric vehicles Tesla. His application already has more than 6,000 active users, and by 2022 it is planned to increase them to 400,000.
"We started by focusing on a peer-to-peer charging network for neighbors to share their charging points," Rasmussen continues. "But we soon realized that we could extend this approach to business and property owners. For example, many urban residents do not have cars, let alone electric ones, and sometimes they do not have an access road to install chargers. In rural areas, there are very few charging points, which pushes people away from buying electric cars."
Along with the government's plan to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2030, news of the expansion of electric car manufacturing plants by Vauxhall and Nissan is projected to stimulate further growth in electric car sales in the UK. Currently, there are more than 132,000 new electric vehicles registered in the UK, which is 28% more than last year.
"We quickly realized that solving the problem in the long term requires joint assistance from private businesses, electric car owners and charger manufacturers," Rasmussen says. "Our app just brings them all together into one community so we can solve this problem."
Multiphase Adaptive Detection System (ADS) for portable and temporary traffic lights
Traffic technology today, 16.08.2021
Created by SRL Traffic Systems, the leading A manufacturer and supplier of ITS equipment, Multiphase ADS was independently modeled by the consulting company Ian Routledge.
Testing was completed in May using three-way traffic flow data in a heavily congested area in Yorkshire, UK. The simulation showed that replacing the basic logic system of traffic lights with a multiphase ADS provided:
- reduction of the average queue length at the traffic light by 50%;
- reduction of the maximum queue length at the traffic light by 29%;
- reduction of the average waiting time at the intersection by 22% (up to 40% during peak periods); and
- reduction of travel time on the route with the highest traffic by 52%.
SRL estimates that more than 20,000 mobile traffic lights are in use at more than 5,000 road work sites across the country.
Multiphase ADS works by connecting a high-precision radar detector (which collects real-time traffic volume and speed data) to portable and temporary traffic lights using an algorithm that adjusts the green time accordingly. the signal.
"According to government data, traffic will grow by more than 55% by 2040 and traffic congestion by 85%," says Adrian Murphy, chief Operating Officer of SRL Traffic Systems. "At the same time, of course, the threat to our health due to air pollution will increase. The demand for intelligent technologies that can reduce congestion is as high as ever."
The multiphase ADS SRL is available for rent as well as for sale and joins an extensive product portfolio that also includes Variable Message Signs (VMS), video surveillance systems and Urban64 traffic signal solution used to coordinate multidirectional traffic and pedestrian flows.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) intends to promote its cycling and pedestrian infrastructure program through the introduction of new Vivacity Labs technology.
Traffic technology today, 18.08.2021
About 100 will be installed in the city of Manchester Vivacity sensors based on artificial intelligence, which will collect anonymous real-time data on cycling and walking, helping to assess trends on major roads and intersections.
The collected data will give TfGM an idea of how current cycling and walking routes are used, as well as help in identifying priority areas and implementing future transport schemes.
The sensors will join the existing "smart nodes" that are currently also working, creating a network for analyzing travel data in the city. Further installation of sensors is expected as the program is deployed.
Vivacity sensors use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to collect anonymous traffic in real time on the selected "counting line". These calculations can show the interaction between pedestrians, cyclists and cars, for example, and give an idea of factors such as quantity, trajectory and speed. The data is completely anonymous and does not pose a risk to privacy or personal data.
"Manchester invests heavily funds to its network of cycling and walking routes," says Mark Nicholson, co-founder and CEO of Vivacity Labs. "The datasets will allow TfGM to evaluate their effectiveness and simplify the planning of new ones in the future."
The Endeavour project will complete the demonstration of autonomous vehicle (AV) services in several cities with final road tests in Greenwich.
Traffic technology today, 19.08.2021
As part of the Endeavour project, more than 100 members of the public can book demonstration rides in Oxbotica cars, and the consortium's partners, DG Cities, are studying the trust in the technology before and after to analyze the perception of AV safety. The event also offers a virtual reality experience to explore the sensations of riding in an AV as it moves through a typical urban environment.
On the eve of the tests, the UK public said that safety in the car and indicators The security of the service provider were the two most important factors when choosing future mobile service providers, ahead of cost, environmental friendliness and accessibility.
The Endeavour project, launched in March 2019, is the first demonstration in several UK cities of the services and capabilities of autonomous vehicles. The initiative began in Oxford, then in Birmingham and ended in London. It is designed to accelerate the deployment of services for autonomous vehicles across the UK by creating a flexible, scalable model that will make the deployment process faster, simpler and more efficient while maintaining the highest safety standards.
The Endeavour Consortium, which is partly funded by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) in partnership with Innovate UK, is led by Oxbotica in collaboration with DG Cities, Immense, TRL, BSI and Oxfordshire County Council.
During the demonstration, a fleet of six Ford Mondeo cars was used to show how autonomous mobility services can work in an urban environment. Vehicles integrated with the world's leading Oxbotica autonomous software platform completes a five-mile urban route through the busy streets of Greenwich, giving partners the opportunity to simulate a complex and busy network and exposing the car to various road and weather conditions.
Within the framework of the Endeavour project, the concept of BSI PAS 1881: 2020 "Ensuring the safety of automated tests and tests of vehicles" was applied, which defines the requirements for operational safety justification for automated vehicle testing and development work in the UK. Oxbotica is the first company whose product meets the requirements of BSI PAS 1881:2020.
For more information on developments in connected and autonomous vehicle technologies, interested parties can participate in the UK CAV Infrastructure Symposium, which will be held in London at the County Hall complex on October 4-5, 2021.
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USA
May Mobility Announces Launch of Autonomous Shuttle in Michigan
Traffic technology today, 16.08.2021
May Mobility, an innovative company dedicated to autonomous vehicle and shuttle technology, has announced the launch of an on-demand autonomous shuttle service in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Services began on July 26, 2021 as part of the Grand Rapids Autonomous Vehicle Initiative (AVGR).
The on-demand service includes four May Mobility Lexus RX450h vehicles and one Polaris GEM wheelchair-accessible vehicle equipped with autonomous May Mobility technology. The service operates in a 1.36 square mile service area that includes more than 20 designated pick-up and drop-off locations in downtown Grand Rapids. May Mobility shuttles are free and operate from Monday to Friday from 7:00 to 19:00.
May Mobility has implemented an autonomous Via fleet platform for booking, routing, destination and identification of passengers and vehicles, customer service and fleet management as part of a new flexible transport solution for this deployment in Grand Rapids. The partners have a long-term strategy to implement shared driverless on-demand transport systems in multiple locations. The Grand Rapids launch follows RAPID's collaborative autonomous vehicle service in Arlington, Texas. RAPID offers autonomous vehicle rides as part of the city of Arlington's public transit operation, and is the first of its kind service in the U.S.
Users can request vehicles within the designated service area by downloading the May Mobility mobile app. The app shows the nearest pick-up location and suggests a drop-off location. May Mobility and Gentex are also working together to integrate a data acquisition system with sensor modules into May Mobility autonomous shuttles, which will help companies develop technologies for tracking objects, monitoring passenger health and safety, as well as to maintain the cleanliness and operability of the vehicle.
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