Tag: Innovate UK
ServCity project accelerates autonomous mobility in urban environments
UK Government-backed consortium project develops autonomous vehicle that communicates with city infrastructure to improve the vehicle’s situational awareness in an urban environment 100% electric Nissan LEAF used as the base vehicle for testing, completing 1,600 test miles during challenging validation tests of future autonomous drive technology ServCity contributes to the evolution of autonomous drive technologies…
Jaguar Land Rover uses blockchain to ensure sustainable leather supply
Jaguar Land Rover has trialled the use of secure blockchain technology to ensure full transparency within a sustainable leather supply chain. In a world-first, Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with supply chain traceability provider Circulor, leading UK leather manufacturer Bridge of Weir Leather Company and the University of Nottingham to trial the use of traceability…
Tech Digest daily round up: Driverless shuttles hit Cambridge roads
The UK’s first driverless shuttles have taken to the road in Cambridge, carrying their first passengers in a trial alongside normal traffic. The autonomous vehicle took a 20-minute journey around the University of Cambridge’s West Cambridge campus in a test project which aims to assess whether the technology could one day join the UK’s public…
Less than a quarter of public rapid EV chargers fully working, claims survey
A project that allows three times as many electric vehicles (EVs) to be charged simultaneously has shared results from a survey which show less than a quarter of public rapid chargers are fully working. Some of the key findings from the survey, which a total of 996 EV and non-EV drivers responded to, include: •…
ServCity aims to make autonomous driving a reality
The UK’s newest autonomous mobility service research project ServCity has launched to help cities solve how they can harness the latest autonomous vehicle technologies and successfully incorporate them into a complex urban environment. Jointly funded by the government and industry, the government’s £100m Intelligent Mobility fund is administered by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous…
World EV day: Government plans to boost electric uptake
Parking spaces painted green, chargepoints at supermarkets and popular tourist sites, and batteries that could charge in six minutes could all form part of the government’s plans to accelerate electric vehicle uptake, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today on the inaugural World EV Day (9 September). The government claims it is turbocharging its commitment…
Nissan Pavilion lets you pay for parking with electricity
A new exhibition centre is letting electric car owners pay for parking with ELECTRICITY as manufacturers look at ways of utilising zero emission vehicles outside of driving. The Nissan Pavilion is a 10,000-square-metre, zero-emission centre fitted with solar panels and supplied with renewable hydroelectric power. And in a global first, electric vehicle drivers will be…