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Cummins Pilots New Experiment for On-Demand Multimode Transportation at Purdue University

COLUMBUS, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced a four-month pilot project in Indiana to evaluate an on-demand transit solution, in partnership with Purdue University and Energy Systems Network (ESN). The pilot begins September 30. The collaborative experiment, called Leaper X, includes a web-based mobile application powered by Cummins, and a small trial fleet of… Continue reading Cummins Pilots New Experiment for On-Demand Multimode Transportation at Purdue University

Bosch: Renewable synthetic fuels for less CO₂

Mobility Solutions is the largest Bosch Group business sector. In 2018, its sales came to 47.6 billion euros, or 61 percent of total group sales. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading automotive suppliers. The Mobility Solutions business sector pursues a vision of mobility that is accident-free. emissions-free, and fascinating, and combines the… Continue reading Bosch: Renewable synthetic fuels for less CO₂

Press: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ZF International B.V., has successfully placed 8.9 million shares in Haldex AB with institutional investors

Friedrichshafen (Germany), September 20, 2019 – ZF Friedrichshafen AG, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ZF International B.V. (“ZF”), has successfully placed c. 8.9 million shares in Haldex AB (“Haldex”), representing approximately 20% of Haldex’s outstanding share capital, with institutional investors in an accelerated bookbuilding process (“Offering”). The placement price was SEK 50.00 per share and represents… Continue reading Press: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ZF International B.V., has successfully placed 8.9 million shares in Haldex AB with institutional investors

Continental Engineering Services Partners with Karma Automotive to Develop Safety Technologies Featured in 2020 Revero GT

Continental Engineering Services supplies key safety technologies to Karma Automotive’s 2020 Revero GT The engineering organization offers speed and agility, as well as deep expertise to automotive customers Auburn Hills, Mich., September 18, 2019 – Continental Engineering Services (CES) continues to grow its west coast customer relationships with the development of key safety technologies for… Continue reading Continental Engineering Services Partners with Karma Automotive to Develop Safety Technologies Featured in 2020 Revero GT

Striving to Set the Bar in Autonomous Mobility

September 17, 2019 An Interview with Mark Rosekind, Chief Safety Innovation Officer at Zoox Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., Chief Safety Innovation Officer at Zoox, is a preeminent safety professional with more than 30 years of experience promoting innovation through science and leadership in complex environments. Mark joined Zoox after seven years of public service in… Continue reading Striving to Set the Bar in Autonomous Mobility

Nidec Research and Development Center, Japan Adopts a Green Electricity Certificate System

On August 01, 2019, Nidec Research and Development Center, Japan (NRC(J)) became the first Nidec Group organization to adopt the “green electricity certificate system*” provided by Japan Natural Energy Company Limited.

The adoption of this system proves that 450,000kWh, or approximately 25% of the electricity that NRC(J) consumes per year, is originated from renewable energies, and is expected to curb the facility’s CO2 emissions by approximately 200 tons every year.

Overview

Site
  Nidec Corporation’s Nidec Research and
　 Development Center, Japan (NRC(J))

Period
  August 01, 2019 – July 31, 2020

Electricity usage
  450,000kWh per year

CO2 reduction
  Approximately 200 tons per year

Reason to adopt
the system
  Generate electricity to operate a research facility

Active in implementing climate change measures to realize a carbon-free society, the Nidec Group launched a SMART 2030 project in April 2019 to curb the total amount of greenhouse gases generated directly f..

Press: Update on ZF Friedrichshafen AG’s strategic focus on commercial vehicle brakes

Important Information This announcement is not for publication, release or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia) (the “United States”), Australia, Canada or Japan or any jurisdiction into which… Continue reading Press: Update on ZF Friedrichshafen AG’s strategic focus on commercial vehicle brakes

AEye: Developing Artificial Perception Technologies That Exceed Human Perception

Nothing can take in more information and process it faster and more accurately than the human visual cortex…until now. Humans classify complex objects at speeds up to 27Hz, with the brain processing 580 megapixels of data in as little as 13 milliseconds. While conventional LiDAR sensors on autonomous vehicles average around a 10Hz frame rate and revisit rate, iDAR sensors can achieve a frame rate in excess of 100Hz (>3x human vision), and an object revisit rate of >500Hz.
So what?A single interrogation point rarely delivers sufficient confidence – it is only suggestive. That’s why LiDAR systems must capture multiple detects of the same object to fully comprehend it, making the speed of subsequent interrogations/detects (the object revisit rate) significantly more critical to autonomous vehicle safety than frame rate alone. For conventional LiDAR sensors, the object revisit rate is the frame rate.
AEye’s iDAR not only has the ability to revisit an object within a single frame, it can revisit multiple points/objects of interest. The achievable object revisit rate of AEye’s iDAR system for objects of interest is microseconds to a few milliseconds – which can be up to 3000x faster, compared to conventional LiDAR systems that typically require hundreds of milliseconds between revisits.
Reducing the time between object detections within the same frame is critical, as shorter object revisit times keep processing times low for advanced algorithms that correlate multiple moving objects in a scene.
“iDAR takes the guesswork out of artificial perception and replaces it with actionable data.” – Dr. Allan Steinhardt, AEye Chief Scientist

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