David Fluhr, Autor bei Tilke Engineers & Architects

22 Feb

GM opens test field in Ontario

US vehicle manufacturer General Motors has opened a test field in Ontario. General Motors is one of the leaders in autonomous driving, thanks in large part to the startup Cruise Automation, which is helping to develop autonomous driving for the company. The company has also

22 Feb

Auburn University

David Fluhr

Auburn University now has a research facility for autonomous driving. It was announced as early as last summer that Auburn University, in cooperation with other partners, was planning to expand the test track at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT). Now the test track

08 Feb

Scania tests autonomous trucks in traffic in Sweden

David Fluhr

Truck manufacturer Scania, part of Traton, has received a test permit for public roads. Recently, Scania received permission to test an automated truck on the road. Specifically, they are taking the test run on the E4 highway, which stretches between Södertälje and Jönköping. The route

08 Feb

Transportation Research Center (TRC) takes over test site in California

David Fluhr

Where the industry leader Waymo has so far primarily tested its vehicle technology, other companies will soon be running test curves as well. The 105-hectare test field of Google's sister company Waymo is located on the former Castle Air Force Base in Merced in the

01 Feb

Mcity license for the American Center for Mobility

David Fluhr

Mcity has licensed autonomous driving testing software to the American Center for Mobility (ACM). A unique new cloud-based operating system designed to test connectivity and autonomous driving has been licensed for the first time for use off campus at the University of Michigan, where it

01 Feb

Baidu receives test license for California

David Fluhr

Chinese search engine Baidu is allowed to test autonomous driving in California without a driver in the driver's seat. Baidu has imitated Google in many respects. It made money from the search engine and invested it in autonomous driving, among other things. Today, Baidu is

26 Jan

Cruise Automation tests in Japan

David Fluhr

Start-up Cruise Automation is testing autonomous driving in Japan. U.S. manufacturer General Motors bought a startup back in 2016 that aims to advance the development of autonomous driving: Cruise Automation. General Motors put one billion US dollars on the table for this. Cruise has been

27 Jul

Autotalks and the traffic light circuit

David Fluhr

The Israeli company Autotalks is cooperating with the company "Applied Information" for intelligent traffic light control. Networking is a basic component of autonomous driving and is already increasing traffic safety.The first thing that comes to mind here is communication between vehicles, but the infrastructure will

27 Jul

China plans national safety standards

David Fluhr

China wants to take a leading role in terms of autonomous driving. One way to achieve this is the standardized safety assessment of vehicles. There are worldwide ambitions to unify safety standards. This not only increases the safety of vehicles, but also leads to a

05 Jun

Tesla Test Miles

David Fluhr

At a conference, Tesla's AI applications chief explained that three billion test miles have already been covered. A classification. Every year, companies in California with a license to test autonomous vehicle technology must submit a report to the DMV. They publish this data. The main

02 Jun

Waymo Via

David Fluhr

The market leader in autonomous driving is Waymo, which intends to focus on the truck segment. The German manufacturer Daimler has recently announced that it is neglecting the automation efforts in the passenger car segment and is instead focusing on the automation of commercial vehicles.

29 May

South Korea invests in autonomous driving

David Fluhr

The government of the Asian country South Korea wants to assert itself in the field of autonomous driving. Recently, the government of South Korea announced that a lot of money will be invested in the development of autonomous driving. Specifically, the sum of 1.1 trillion

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GM opens test field in Ontario

Auburn University

Scania tests autonomous trucks in traffic in Sweden

Transportation Research Center (TRC) takes over test site in California

Mcity license for the American Center for Mobility

Baidu receives test license for California

Cruise Automation tests in Japan

Autotalks and the traffic light circuit

China plans national safety standards

Tesla Test Miles

Waymo Via

South Korea invests in autonomous driving

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