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Biffa champions cleaner diesel with Allison FuelSense 2.0 Software
Biffa champions cleaner diesel with Allison FuelSense 2.0 Software Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions for commercial and def...
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Infinitum Electric air-core motor wins Green Tech Awards
Infinitum Electric air-core motor wins Green Tech Awards Infinitum Electric, creator of the breakthrough air-core motor, today announced it has won two prestigious 2021 R&D 100 Awards, which celebrate the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the past year. Infinitum Electric’s air-core motor wa...
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Greyhound acquired by FlixMobility for US Intercity Bus Service expansion
Greyhound acquired by FlixMobility for US Intercity Bus Service expansion FlixMobility, global mobility provider of the FlixBus and FlixTrain brands, announced today it has acquired Greyhound Lines, Inc., the largest provider of long-distance bus transportation in the United States, from FirstGroup...
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Cadence Safety Solution delivers faster certification of Automotive and Industrial Designs
Cadence Safety Solution delivers faster certification of Automotive and Industrial Designs Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the Cadence® Safety Solution, a new offering targeting safety-critical applications and featuring integrated analogue and digital safety flows and engines for faster...
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Wayve launches Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD in the UK
Wayve launches Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD in the UK Wayve, the London-based company pioneering deep learning for autonomous urban mobility, today announced a Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD, the UK’s leading parcel delivery firm. The companies are working together to explore how innov...
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Iteris releases cloud-enabled services for Smart Mobility Infrastructure Management
Iteris releases cloud-enabled services for Smart Mobility Infrastructure Management Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced the availability of two new cloud-enabled managed services that augment the traffic management operations of public agencie...
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Hydrogen Roadshow in the UK shines spotlight on low carbon hydrogen innovation
Hydrogen Roadshow in the UK shines spotlight on low carbon hydrogen innovation The first-ever double decker hydrogen bus tour of the UK is setting off from London on Monday 18 to shine a spotlight on the part hydrogen has to play in the country’s race to net zero. The UK Hydrogen Roadshow, a partner...
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Nexxiot hardware offers unparalleled traceability and analytics for Cargo Containers
Nexxiot hardware offers unparalleled traceability and analytics for Cargo Containers Nexxiot, the leading provider of cargo IoT solutions around the world, has unveiled its latest gateway device for intermodal shipping containers that will revolutionize the global cargo industry through unparalleled...
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project44 Cooperative increases transparency and predictability in freight booking
project44 Cooperative increases transparency and predictability in freight booking With the global supply chain strained and capacity at a record low, project44, the global leader in real-time supply chain visibility, today announced Cooperative – the first data-driven solution in the market to incr...
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MIT Neural Networks can understand their tasks directly from visual data
MIT Neural Networks can understand their tasks directly from visual data Neural networks can learn to solve all sorts of problems, from identifying cats in photographs to steering a self-driving car. But whether these powerful, pattern-recognizing algorithms actually understand the tasks they are pe...
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Driving innovations in car technology
Driving innovations in car technology Automotive manufacturers are continuously enhancing their modern-day models with new, innovative and improved technology – designed to enhance the driving experience, offer additional safety features, better efficiency and more. We have seen the introduction of...
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OS two-day hackathon drives EV infrastructure improvements
OS two-day hackathon drives EV infrastructure improvements Ordnance Survey’s two-day OS Map and Hack event was declared an “amazing demonstration of creativity” after collaborators worked on ways to enhance electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in Britain. Participants were given the task of overcomi...
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Pilot Group acquires Urban Driving Environment division of Variable Message Signs
Pilot Group acquires Urban Driving Environment division of Variable Message Signs Pilot Group, the Manchester-based sustainable technology solutions firm, has acquired the ‘urban driving environment’ division of signage-systems firm Variable Message Signs (‘VMS’), the Hill & Smith owned company....
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RoboSense wins 2021 PACE Award from Automotive News
RoboSense wins 2021 PACE Award from Automotive News RoboSense was named a 2021 Automotive News PACE Award winner at the online awards ceremony on September 30. The prestigious award recognizes automotive suppliers for superior innovation, technological advances and business performance in the world....
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Continental celebrates 150 years of constant innovation
Continental celebrates 150 years of constant innovation Continental was founded as a start-up in 1871 to manufacture soft rubber products and rubberized fabrics. Think of things like rubber combs and carriage tires as the first automobile was still years away. The 15 decades since then have been a j...
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New Sensata industrial wireless technology simplifies IoT equipment connectivity
New Sensata industrial wireless technology simplifies IoT equipment connectivity The addition of Sensata’s wireless systems to its range of industrial-grade products offers customers an easier way to add IoT connectivity to their equipment for increased productivity. Sensata Technologies, a leading...
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Stratasys taking over Xaar 3D to accelerate Additive Manufacturing capabilities
Stratasys taking over Xaar 3D to accelerate Additive Manufacturing capabilities Stratasys Ltd., a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, announced today it has acquired all remaining shares of Xaar 3D Ltd. from Xaar plc, accelerating the company’s growth in production-scale 3D printing. Stratasys...
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New Hampshire State Police expand use of Iteris Commercial Vehicle Operations SaaS Solutions
New Hampshire State Police expand use of Iteris Commercial Vehicle Operations SaaS Solutions Iteris, the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced a new and expanded contract with the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of State Police (NHSP) for Iteris’ com...
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Wejo Studio democratizes Big Data enabling access to Connected Vehicle Data
Wejo Studio democratizes Big Data enabling access to Connected Vehicle Data Wejo Limited, a global leader in connected vehicle data (CVD), has unveiled Wejo Studio, a web-based SaaS platform that analyzes data from millions of connected vehicles and translates billions of data points in near real-ti...
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TWM Traffic Control Systems and Aberdeen City Council focus on pedestrian safety
TWM Traffic Control Systems and Aberdeen City Council focus on pedestrian safety Crossing the road in Scotland is set to become even safer thanks to a deal struck by TWM Traffic Control Systems and Aberdeen City Council. TWM is a division of Pilot Group, a Manchester-based sustainable technology sol...
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Fisker establishing specialty electric vehicle engineering division in UK
Fisker establishing specialty electric vehicle engineering division in UK Fisker, creators of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions has announced the establishment of The Fisker Magic Works, its UK-based specialty vehicle engineering and development div...
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International Lithium Association to be the voice of the global lithium industry
International Lithium Association to be the voice of the global lithium industry The world has entered the “lithium century” almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a central voice. Rechargeable lithium batteries are everywhere, providing safe, reliable power wherever...
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ePropelled showcases new Electric Vehicle Motor Technology at CENEX-LCV
ePropelled showcases new Electric Vehicle Motor Technology at CENEX-LCV ePropelled, the technology company that offers leading-edge electric propulsion systems, announced the release of a ground-breaking new electric vehicle (EV) propulsion system at the Cenex-LCV in Millbrook. This new system incre...
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The London EV Show goes live in December
The London EV Show goes live in December Valiant Business Media will host one of the world’s most important EV events of 2021. The London EV Show will be conducted as a ‘Hybrid Event’ from 7-9 December 2021 at Olympia London, UK, amalgamating the features of both in-person and virtual events. The Lo...
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REE Automotive and Hino win European Product Design Award
REE Automotive and Hino win European Product Design Award REE Automotive LTD, a leader in e-mobility, today announced that REE, together with its partner Hino Motors, are the top winners in the European Product Design Award in the “Design for Society” category. Amos Boaz, lead designer for REE, and...
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Iteris wins Traffic Signal Timing Engineering contract in City of Suffolk, Virginia
Iteris wins Traffic Signal Timing Engineering contract in City of Suffolk, Virginia Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded an open-ended annual services on-call contract by the City of Suffolk, Virginia’s Department of Public Wor...
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Can you rely on force majeure in the absence of a HGV Driver?
Can you rely on force majeure in the absence of a HGV Driver? The current shortage of HGV drivers is well documented. A combination of Covid, Brexit and other factors has meant that there are simply not enough drivers to meet UK demand. The Road Haulage Association estimates that there is now a shor...
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MaaS subscriber revenue set to explode by 900 percent by 2027
MaaS subscriber revenue set to explode by 900 percent by 2027 A new study by Juniper Research has found that MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) subscribers will generate $53 billion in revenue for MaaS platform providers by 2027; rising from $5.3 billion in 2021. MaaS is the provision of multimodal end-to...
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Geotab helps improve street-level transportation
Geotab helps improve street-level transportation Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced that its new Geotab Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) line of business has launched a transportation analytics platform capable of providing governments with actionabl...
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Sensata Technologies debuts new Battery Management Systems
Sensata Technologies debuts new Battery Management Systems Sensata Technologies, announced it will debut new Battery Management Systems at the upcoming Battery Show North America in Novi, Michigan from September 14th to 16th in booth #2617. In addition, Sensata will highlight its sensing and control...
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Lenovo announces Everything-as-a-Service global strategy
Lenovo announces Everything-as-a-Service global strategy Today, at its annual Tech World event, Lenovo announced an evolution in its consumption-based business model, introducing Lenovo TruScale, a new portfolio-spanning everything-as-a-service offering. This announcement is part of Lenovo’s continu...
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TeleDriving as a new path to Autonomous Mobility Future
TeleDriving as a new path to Autonomous Mobility Future Vay, the world’s leading teledrive mobility company, has announced that it will become the first company with a driverless, certified commercial mobility service operating on public streets in Europe as soon as next year. Operating in stealth m...
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Bamford and Vedra launch HYCAP hydrogen investment fund to raise £1bn
Bamford and Vedra launch HYCAP hydrogen investment fund to raise £1bn Green entrepreneur Jo Bamford has joined forces with multi-family office Vedra Partners to launch HYCAP, a hydrogen investment fund which has set its sights on raising £1bn. The capital, which already stands at more than £200m aft...
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2021 EV Summit leads the eMobility charge
2021 EV Summit leads the eMobility charge With an increase in EV demand, comes developments, disruption and a drive for collaboration. At the 2021 EV Summit (1-2 September 2021), the UK’s industry-leading event for electric vehicles, leading manufacturers, infrastructure providers, government and lo...
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Iteris unveils AI Detection Sensor For Smart Intersections
Iteris unveils AI Detection Sensor For Smart Intersections Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has launched Vantage Apex™, the industry’s first 1080p high-definition (HD) video and four-dimensional (4D) radar sensor with integrated arti...
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Cost saving benefits of a Sustainable Supply Chain
Cost saving benefits of a Sustainable Supply Chain Back in 2016, a report from McKinsey showed that a typical company’s supply chain accounted for 80 per cent of its greenhouse-gas emissions. But not only is the impact on the environment severe, but it can also lead to financial issues for companies...
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New alliance calls for UK to adopt Safe Roads for All
New alliance calls for UK to adopt Safe Roads for All Government leadership, through a robust and new Road Safety Strategy, policies and investment to make our roads and urban spaces safe and healthy, is urgently needed and would prevent thousands of tragic deaths, catastrophic injuries, killer resp...
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Marshalls Cycle Segregation Unit puts bicycles in their place
Marshalls Cycle Segregation Unit puts bicycles in their place Marshalls Landscape Protection, part of hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls Group, is delighted to introduce the latest addition to its Active Travel Solutions range: the new Cycle Segregation Unit, designed to help create safer and m...
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London Borough of Harrow creates Digital Twin with LiDAR street imagery
London Borough of Harrow creates Digital Twin with LiDAR street imagery The London Borough of Harrow has added high definition street-level imagery and LiDAR data to its Esri UK corporate GIS system, giving staff access to a highly accurate digital twin of the borough. Part of Harrow’s strategy to e...
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Smart Mobility start-up Klymat seeks seed investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service platform
Smart Mobility start-up Klymat seeks seed investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service platform Klymat, a travel and transportation technology start-up, is seeking seed-stage investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) digital platform. The company’s first round of private equity fundraising will acce...
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RoboSense solid-state LiDAR wins the race to mass production
RoboSense solid-state LiDAR wins the race to mass production RoboSense LiDAR, a leading Smart LiDAR Sensor provider announced the second-generation intelligent solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 (referred to as “M1”) completed mass production and delivery to the designated project for the fir...
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Cepton Lidar innovations win 2 awards at 2021 Tech.AD Europe
Cepton Lidar innovations win 2 awards at 2021 Tech.AD Europe Leading lidar solutions provider Cepton received two recognitions at Tech.AD Europe this year for its innovations, adding to the company’s growing portfolio of award-winning lidar solutions across industries. Tech.AD is a leading technical...
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Sensata Technologies to debut Sensata Xirgo trucking technology
Sensata Technologies to debut Sensata Xirgo trucking technology Sensata Technologies, a leading industrial technology company and provider of sensor-rich solutions that create insights for customers, today announced that its newly combined business, Sensata | Xirgo, will debut its solutions at three...
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Quanergy deploys LiDAR technology to count tourists in South Korea
Quanergy deploys LiDAR technology to count tourists in South Korea Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of OPA-based solid state LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions for automotive and IoT, today announced the first ever deployment of its smart LiDAR solution for the tourism and public leisure...
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SRL traffic light modelling technology cuts roadwork queue length by 50 percent
SRL traffic light modelling technology cuts roadwork queue length by 50 percent The UK and Republic of Ireland’s only multiphase adaptive detection system for portable and temporary traffic signals has been independently proven to reduce average queue lengths by 50%, potentially saving commuters mor...
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Iteris and Wejo partner on enhanced applications for Connected Vehicle Data
Iteris and Wejo partner on enhanced applications for Connected Vehicle Data Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, and Wejo, a global leader in connected vehicle data, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to deliver enhanced connected vehicle...
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UK backs technology start-ups as sector set to bloom
UK backs technology start-ups as sector set to bloom The launch of a new £375m scheme to drive investment in the UK’s most high growth, innovative and R&D intensive firms by the UK government, is the latest in a line of initiatives to super charge the UK’s post-pandemic economy. But according to...
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UK’s leading driver safety software heads for Australia
UK’s leading driver safety software heads for Australia Praiso is a cloud-based platform that combines evidence-based machine learning and its unique algorithms to tailor continuous digital driver and educational content. Managing a large fleet presents challenges on many fronts, and Praiso he...
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Choose the right safety technology for off-road vehicles
Choose the right safety technology for off-road vehicles Worksites can be dangerous places. The potential for deaths and injuries caused by moving plant machinery and equipment should not be underestimated. According to the World Health Organization, construction, agriculture, and mining are among s...
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NVIDIA DRIVE to power Embark Autonomous Trucks
NVIDIA DRIVE to power Embark Autonomous Trucks Embark Trucks Inc., a leading developer of autonomous technology for the trucking industry, today announced that it will use NVIDIA DRIVE™ autonomous vehicle compute platform solutions to power the Embark Universal Interface (EUI) and the Embark...
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Jo Bamford launches FUZE asset finance solution for zero-emission bus funding
Jo Bamford launches FUZE asset finance solution for zero-emission bus funding Green pioneer and Wrightbus owner Jo Bamford today launched FUZE, a unique asset finance company offering the complete solution for the funding of zero-emission buses. Heralding the industry as being “on the cusp of vit...
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CES 2022 Opening Keynote to be delivered by General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra
CES 2022 Opening Keynote to be delivered by General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today announced that General Motors (GM) Chair and CEO Mary Barra will deliver the opening keynote at CES® 2022, the world’s most influential technology event. Barra...
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Quanergy solid-state LiDAR achieves 100 metre range
Quanergy solid-state LiDAR achieves 100 metre range Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of OPA-based solid state LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions for automotive and IoT, today announced the successful driving demonstration of its S3 Series LiDAR, a true solid state LiDAR sensor using an i...
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Reconstruct expands AI-powered Visual Command Center in Asia
Reconstruct expands AI-powered Visual Command Center in Asia Reconstruct, the leader in AI-powered remote quality control and progress monitoring software, announces that NTT DOCOMO Ventures, the investment arm of NTT DOCOMO, and Asia Pacific Land joined its $17.3 million Series B funding round. The...
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McAfee Enterprise data-centric solution promises to secure private applications
McAfee Enterprise data-centric solution promises to secure private applications McAfee Enterprise today announced MVISION Private Access, an integrated approach to enable granular ‘Zero Trust’ access and extend data and threat protection capabilities to private applications hosted across hybrid IT e...
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The 3 key traits of a Connected Vehicle
The 3 key traits of a Connected Vehicle The connectivity revolution is disrupting industries across the board, and the automotive industry is no exception. From vehicular navigation systems that alert drivers to congested traffic and offer alternative routes to vehicles that communicate with their e...
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Microvast and eVersum join forces to drive Urban Commercial Vehicle Electrification
Microvast and eVersum join forces to drive Urban Commercial Vehicle Electrification Microvast Holdings, a leading global provider of next-generation battery technologies for commercial and specialty vehicles, and eVersum, a high-tech vehicle OEM specializing in the design, development and build of t...
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QuoteToMe raises $2.5m in construction-focused Venture Funding
QuoteToMe raises $2.5m in construction-focused Venture Funding QuoteToMe, which is digitizing the construction industry’s procurement and financial processes, today announced it has funded a fully subscribed VC investment round of $2.5 million (CAD). The company reports funding commitments even beyo...
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UK keen on gigabit broadband but not Internet of Things
UK keen on gigabit broadband but not Internet of Things A total of 363 smart cities information and communications technology (ICT)-related procurements were made by UK local authorities in the six financial years spanning FY2015-16 to FY2020-21. Of these, less than half have resulted in an award be...
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How haulage companies can drive more efficiencies as HGV driver numbers decline
How haulage companies can drive more efficiencies as HGV driver numbers decline As a result of both COVID and Brexit, the number of HGV drivers on UK roads has dropped by 100,000 and could lead to a shortage of as many as 257,000 drivers by 2022. Unless companies that operate HGV fleets become more...
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