6/20 
Honda
Introduces World's First 'Collision Mitigation Braking System'
| Honda
boldly enters the realm of predicting rear-end collisions and
controlling brake operations to avoid or mitigate a crash.
The system will be offered on the Japanese market this year.
6/19
Metrics for Intelligent Vehicles to be Examined in Government
Workshop |
In the 4th Performance Metrics for Intelligent
Systems Workshop, being held September 16-18 in Gaithersburg,
Maryland, organizers have added a special session on metrics for
intelligent vehicles.
6/17
Impressive Technical Progress Seen on Many Fronts: Experts Gather
Again for IV2003
|
Sponsored
by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Council, the 2003
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV2003) attracted about 100
technical experts and academic researchers from around the world to
Columbus, Ohio during June 9-11.
Impressive progress was evident in many areas, including
machine vision, data fusion, and inter-vehicle communications.
6/14
Chauffeur
Shows Off: Demos of Electronic Tow-Bar Functions Dazzle Crowd
in Italy
| As the culmination of over three years worth of
work, the CHAUFFEUR 2 team held a public demonstration of their
advanced driver assistance systems for heavy trucks.
Both futuristic (platooning ) and near-term (CHAUFFEUR
Assistant) functions were demonstrated on the IVECO test track in
Balocco, Italy in early May. Invited
guests included the European Commission, the French Ministry of
Transport, the French labs LIVIC and INRIA, MAN trucks, Centro
Research Fiat, and international researchers.
IVsource was there, too, and here’s a synopsis of the
action.
5/31
The
Changing Face of Telematics | Was
telematics “roadkill” on the information super highway;
an artifact from the technology boom of the 1990s?
Or is it still a promising new field to provide
connected services to vehicles?
While the hype that once surrounded telematics is
gone, there still remains a passionate belief within the
industry that the vision of telematics can be recreated to
hold onto a bright future.
One of the believers is telematics expert Kevin
Davis, who provided this article to IVsource.
This extensive article discuses where the telematics
industry has been and where it is headed; it defines
telematics, examines the telematics sub-markets, discusses
the role of the wireless carrier, presents related
standardization efforts, compares telematics in the US and
Europe, and highlights a few trends to watch.
5/12
US
Supreme Court Decision Changes Landscape for Tort Liability
| A recent -- and quite probably landmark -- US
Supreme Court decision limiting the size of punitive damage awards
could have major implications for US business.
The decision is likely to affect automotive tort liability
cases quite positively for manufacturers, and alter the trade-offs
that car-makers must perform in order to bring advanced driver
assistance systems to the market.
4/30
NHTSA
and Delphi Technology Focusing on Distracted Drivers | A
recent NHTSA report provides the results of a national survey
focusing
on distracted driving (including cell phone use) and drowsy driving.
To better deal with distracted drivers, the US government has
joined with a team led by Delphi to develop an adaptive driver
workload manager in a $6M project.
4/30
Popular
Science Magazine Tests and Ranks Adaptive Cruise Control Systems
| A major
US magazine takes a crack at testing Adaptive Cruise Control systems
currently offered in the US market.
4/21
ParkShuttle
II Premiers in Monaco
|
The ParkShuttle II is scheduled to debut during the
‘Salon International des Véhicules Électriques et Hybrides de
Monte-Carlo 2003,’ evoking memories of the first-generation
ParkShuttle: the first automated road vehicle to be put into public
service, in the mid-1990s.
4/18
University
of Dresden Traffic Modeling Sees the Light at the End of the Tunnel
| Traffic
modelers in Germany are making some bold propositions – they say
traffic-dependent speed limits and driver-assistance technology are
the keys to making traffic jams a thing of the past.
4/8
First
eSafety Forum Plenary Meeting To Be
Held This Month | The eSafety
Forum’s mission is to monitor and implement the recommendations of
the eSafety Working Group – all focused on the realization of
intelligent integrated road safety systems in Europe.
4/1
Netherlands:
TNO and University of Twente Open New Center for Applications
of Integrated Driver Assistance
| A new knowledge center was opened in February which
promises to cover some new ground in the Driver Assistance arena: the Applications of Integrated Driver Assistance (AIDA)
center is a joint venture of the Dutch research institute TNO and
the University of Twente. The center’s goals, mission, and
initial research aims are described in this article.
4/1
Delphi
Rolls Ahead as Leader in Commercial Vehicle Technology with Radar
for Object Detection | To
assist the driver in precarious backing situations, Delphi
Corporation has introduced their radar-based Forewarn® Back- up Aid
for the commercial vehicle market.
This article also provides details on their overall sales for
commercial vehicle electronics technology, which reached a whopping
$1B in 2002.
