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Apple is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014 when it first started to design its own vehicle from scratch.

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Do citizens, media and policymakers share the same view on automated vehicles?

Do citizens, media and policymakers share the same view on automated vehicles? Mobility is one of the main pillars of modern society. The possibility, for people and goods, to quickly reach almost any place in the world has fuelled globalisation and unprecedented economic growth in the 20th century. Yet transport has had wider effects beyond providing seamless and effective mobility: the advent of the car has given…

H2020 Road Transport Research Conference is back with its 4th edition. It will take place online over 2 days from November 30th to December 1st 2020.

More than 70 projects funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, including PAsCAL, have been invited to present their results. The presentations and experts' discussions will highlight the contribution of ongoing EU-funded research projects to meet EU policy goals in the following areas: Green Vehicles, Mobility for Growth, Urban Mobility,…

Who will be responsible when driving responsibility will be shared between human driver and vehicle?
How can drivers be fully aware of the dangers arising in situations where operational control shifts from the automated vehicle to him/her?
How will human-machine interaction have to be structured to prevent risks?
Drivers will have to be trained to recognize and cope with these risky situations?

Dr Haibo Chen and his colleagues Jo-Ann Pattinson and Subhajit Basu of the University of Leeds,…

Ecorys together with TRT, M-Five, VTT, SEURECO, ERTICO, UITP and IRU analysed the employment and social impacts of connected and automated driving (CAD). The 16 month study was finalised end of last year and has now been published. The study was implemented for the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission. It provides an analysis of the short, medium- and long-term impacts of CAD on jobs, employment, skills and knowledge, as well as an investigation…

Celina Kacpersky (University of Mannheim) presented the results of PAsCA's preliminary research into CAV's acceptance into the recently published paper "Ambivalence in Stakeholders' views on CAVs.

Find more information on the Conference at: https://2020.hci.international
 

PAsCAL's preliminary research into CAV's acceptance investigates vision and worst-case scenarios held by representatives of stakeholder groups that will be shaping how CAVs are introduced: representatives of Public Administrations, automotive original equipment manufacturers, insurance companies, public transportation service providers, mobility experts and politicians.

The results are conveyed in "Ambivalence in stakeholders’ views on connected and autonomous vehicles“ by Celina Kacperski,  …

Work has begun on building on the UK’s first stretch of road designed for testing autonomous vehicles that will be open to automakers and tech firms later this year.

Read more about it on E&T by clicking here.

Countries around the world have responded to the covid-19 coronavirus with lockdowns, restrictions, and technology solutions that use artificial intelligence to combat the virus. As the world begins to emerge from the pandemic, China is first to emerge from covid-19 imposed lockdowns thanks to cutting-edge technology, with autonomous vehicles and smart cities seeing an acceleration during this time. 

Read more about it on MIT Technology Review by clicking here.