The two companies Scania and Haylion Technologies want to work together for the development of autonomous e-vehicles.
Scania Haylion cooperation signing. Source: Scania
The vehicle manufacturer and VW Daughter, Scania, has been working for some time on the automation and networking of trucks, The development of technology will be pushed together with the Chinese company Haylion.
Scania works mainly on convoy Principle of what you are already in Singapore is engaged. But this cooperation with Haylion is about the use of autonomous vehicles in public transport. These vehicles should be electrically powered and networked. The development and the marketing wants to tackle together.
The company Haylion Technologies has AI skills in the automotive sector, which should accelerate the development of autonomous driving. Haylion is already testing buses with the in-house assistance systems. Also Volvo is together with the NTU recently penetrated into this segment of buses for public transport.
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