3/31
Industry
Snippets: March 2001
| The latest
roundup of tidbits from government, industry, and academia as the intelligent
vehicles field continues to evolve: US
Infrastructure Consortium Maps Outs Three Year Program; Bush Names Deputy
Secretary of Transportation; Irisbus and Las Vegas Make it Official for Guided
Bus Project; Johnson Joins FMCSA to Support Intelligent Vehicle Activities;
Serafin Joins Johnson Controls; DSRC For Safety to Be Studied;
Minnesota Plans Major Vehicle Demonstration for 2003; NIST Stepping Up to
Industrial IV Applications.
3/31
UK
Highways Agency Examines Automated Highway Systems for the Long Term | The
UK Highways Agency is looking long term to define a transportation vision -- and
automated highways may play strongly into this scenario.
A workshop to present and discuss their early research was recently held
in London; highlights are provided here.
3/30
2000
- 2030 Timeline for Advanced Driver Assistance System Deployment Activities
| The following
timeline was constructed based on presentations at the 4th annual
meeting of the International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation, and other
sources. It is not to be considered
comprehensive, but does contain a wealth of items that offer a "feel"
for how things might roll out over the next few decades.
Additions/revisions to the timeline are welcome from readers.
3/25
First
Quarter Update 2001 -- Market Analysis:
Lane Departure Warning and Lateral Guidance Systems |
Through
discussions with industry players, review of recent press coverage and sifting
through sales literature, IVsource takes a fresh look at the potential market
for lane departure warning and lateral guidance systems for the car, bus, and
truck markets. This update of last year's market analysis highlights key
players and their market focus and offers estimates of
market size and promising application areas.
3/24
Inside
ITS Reports Impressive Results from Eaton Vorad Units on Truck Fleets
| Offered
here are excerpts from an article which appeared in Inside ITS,
the major ITS industry newsletter -- we greatly appreciate their cooperation.
The article reports that crashes were reduced by 78% in eight truck
fleets equipped with the VORAD collision warning system, along with a 33%
reduction in crash costs.
3/23
International
Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation: Proceedings
of the Fourth Annual Meeting
3/21
USDOT
Releases Announcement of Roadway Departure Operational Test Solicitation
| The US IVI program
is looking to begin new work in roadway departure warning.
The Commerce Business Daily announcement is summarized here.
3/19
Fuller
Strongly Endorses Truck Safety Technology at ATA's Technology and Maintenance
Council Keynote | Max Fuller, CEO and co-founder of the US Xpress
Enterprises trucking company, provided a resounding endorsement for technology
adoption at the annual meeting of the American Trucking Association's Technology
and Maintenance Council (TMC), held last week in Nashville, Tennessee.
3/6
February
Industry Snippets |
A global roundup of IV highlights from the past month: (USA): Gehring Joins GM Washington Office; (Europe): ISA Advocates Hail
EU Action on Speed Limiters; (France): Renault Enters ACC Club; (North America):
Autoliv Produces New Rollover Sensors: (UK): Future Vehicle Antennas Being
Developed; (Japan): Lane
Keeping on the Market; (US): FMCSA Announces Latest Management Appointments;
(US): Motor Freight Carriers Association Looking at User Acceptance of
Technologies; (Japan): National Police Agency Suspicious of Stop-n-Go;
(Germany): BMW Institutes New Decision-Making Approach for Driver Assistance
Products; (Germany): INVENT
succeeds MOTIV; (UK): DERA Looking for ADAS Work.
3/3
American
Trucking Association Council Changes Name to Emphasize Technology
| The
Truck Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Association (ATA) has
announced that it will broaden its mission to address both on-board and
off-board technologies to help meet the future transportation needs of fleets
and adopt a new name in the process: the "Technology and Maintenance
Council" (TMC).
3/1
A
Look at Advanced Vehicle Control Systems Research in
Europe
| A
broad overview of AVCSS projects at both the European and national levels --
altogether quite a robust and multi-faceted set of activities.
2/27
FMCSA,
NHTSA to Study Truck Crashes
| USDOT has announced the start of a two-year study of the
causes of crashes involving large trucks as part of the Department of
Transportation's effort to help reduce the number of fatalities in such
incidents.
2/26
Sweden
Calls EU Meeting to Address Deployment of New Safety Technology
| As the
current holder of the European Union presidency, Sweden is hosting a European
Conference on New Technology for Safe and Environmentally Sound Road Transport,
June 6-7 in Trollhattan.
2/12
Nissan
Demos New Lane Keeping Products
| In an exclusive
demonstration for IVsource, engineers at Nissan's Oppama Research Center near
Yokohama showed off the lateral
assist systems they recently introduced in Japan ... and that are now headed for
the US market.
2/10
Industry
Snippets: January 2001 |
Our regular round-up of the action in the intelligent vehicles
arena: 3M Magnetic Tape Still
Available; Rural Vehicle-Highway Cooperative Systems Study Funded; Driver
Distraction Concerns May Boost the Development of "Super-Aware"
Vehicle; Dutch Plan Lane Departure Warning Assistant Pilot; Virginia May
Establish Automated Highway Exhibit at Science Museum; ACC Moving Steadily Into
the Traffic Mix.
1/31
Safe
Highways Conference Succeeds in Bringing Together Vehicle and Road Players
| Here's a review of
the action and key results reported out of this recent conference, which
attracted automakers, infrastructure operators, and policy-makers from
throughout Europe and beyond.
1/29
Fiat's
Nea Pushes the Advanced Systems Envelope
| Fiat's Lancia
Nea, which showed to great effect at the Torino ITS World Congress, offers a
clear view of where this influential automaker is going with future ADAS and
other driver support systems.
1/28
French Note Strong Road Safety Improvements in 2000
|
French
highways got remarkably safer in 2000, comparing this year's stats to
previous years'.
1/27
Heavy
Truck Manufacturers Looking at a Rough Year in the US
|
A quick look at prospects for truck-buying in the US, and how
economies in Europe may have an impact.
1/25
Cooperative
Vehicle-Highway Automation Systems Group Holds Kickoff
|
Eleven state DOTs in
the US have banded together to investigate cooperative vehicle-highway
systems.
They held their first meeting last December and laid out initial
plans.
1/13
Report
Available on Global
Status of Cooperative Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems
| This
article is the excerpted executive summary from a new report on Cooperative
Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (CIVHS). The report is the result of a
six-month study by RBC to examine all extant examples of CIVHS, which can – by
leveraging roadside based ‘intelligence’ -- enhance the effectiveness of
active vehicle safety systems already on the market for cars and trucks.
The 46 page report, believed to be the first of its kind, takes a global
look at R&D activities, deployment issues, standards development, and
government policies to gain a sense for the future of such systems.
1/8
Industry
Snippets: December 2000 |
People in Flux at ITS America; USDOT Light Vehicle IVI
Solicitation Due Out Soon; RoboJeep Roaming Dutch Roads and Fields;
Dutch Connekt Program Forming Partnerships; Caltrans Looking Beyond Demo
2002; Nissan, BMW, Mercedes Benz Studying ACC Interactions; Automated Bus
Transit Set for Implementation in '01; Mitsubishi Puts Lane Departure Avoidance
on the Market; Autonomous Mining Trucks Rumbling Down Under; USDOT Estimates IV
Market Penetration Rates
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