Digilution of travel: The end of the car transportation as we know it

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The end of the car transportation as we know it

The Digilution of business travel

William El Kaim – V1 – May 2014 Global Marketing and Enterprise Strategy - Innovation Team

Yankodesign

#Digilution

http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/09/13/the-mother-of-split/

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Disclaimer

This presentation is a journey into the digital world through my personal lens.

My work as an innovator means I am used to trying, testing and imagining!

I’m referring sometimes to external sources (links are provided).

Products and Services cited in this presentations do have features evolving over time

Please de consider screenshots presented as “examples” of the service at a given time.

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Disrupting the Car Rental Economy…


When Cities Get Smarter, They Start Sharing Again

Over the last 100 years, urban transportation may have experienced two revolutions in the way it is powered, structured and managed.

The first one is the generalization of underground rapid transit systems — tube, subway, metro — i.e. a subterranean mass public transportation network relying on electricity.

The second revolution, in the post-war economic boom, was the intense growth of personal motorized vehicles such as cars.

While the development of the first one is more than even on the agenda, the latest—though still very much alive—is not considered anymore as a sustainable policy when it comes to urban transportation.

Now comes the third revolution.

Source: UrbanTimes 4

http://urbantimes.co/magazine/2013/12/future-transport-sharing/


When Cities Get Smarter, They Start Sharing Again – 3rd Revolution

In the last ten years, thanks to a significant outbreak in information technologies (IT), cities have experienced a genuine shift in the way their transit systems are structured and the way urbanites commute in their neighborhoods.

This is due to the extraordinary boom of sharing systems, as in bicycle sharing systems, car sharing systems, etc.

Bicycle sharing systems allow a city to add another layer of ‘public’ transportation to its matrix.

A network of bicycles hubs are installed throughout a perimeter, each of these hubs possesses a self-service machine allowing you to subscribe a short-term membership for instance.

Each of these hubs offers a certain amount of bike slots, ideally half of these slots has bicycles available (allowing the user to check out a bicycle) and the other half stays empty (allowing the user to return their bicycle).

Source: UrbanTimes 5

http://urbantimes.co/magazine/2013/12/future-transport-sharing/


Is the Future of Transport about Sharing?

The 20 largest bicycle sharing systems in the world. Three are in Europe (Paris, London, Barcelona), two are in North America (New

York and Toronto), the other 15 are in China. Data: Earth Policy Institute, 2013!

Source: Future Cape Town 6

http://futurecapetown.com/2013/12/urban-sharing-schemes/


‘Smart Cities’ At Their Best Vehicle-sharing Schemes

On the 4th of December 2013, Paris celebrated the second anniversary of its self-service electric car sharing system: Autolib’.

Operating with a similar design to Vélib’, though not on the same scale, Autolib’ is taking systems such as ZipCar to the next step by providing self-service electric cars, with pick-up stations situated on the street, with vehicles the user can simply pick up and return in the same way as a bicycle.

Vehicle-sharing schemes (may they be bicycles, motorbikes or cars) are a striking example of an excellent interaction between IT, smartphone devices, users and urban transportation.

The result is a highly flexible extra layer of transportation, at a reasonable cost, which acts as a trigger in generating larger trends in terms of transport behavior and sustainability in the city.

Source: Future Cape Town 7

https://www.autolib.eu/en/


http://www.zipcar.co.uk/

http://futurecapetown.com/2013/12/urban-sharing-schemes/


Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Car Sharing

Carsharing or car sharing (in the UK known as car clubs) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour.

Car sharing is a growing trend in the U.S., but in Europe it has drawn particular interest with many players jumping into the market, including manufacturers like Daimler and BMW.

The demand is high, because car ownership among the under-30 demographic is dropping in Europe and Germany in particular, Jones says. “Car ownership is becoming less and less attractive.”

Source: Forbes 8

http://www.forbes.com/companies/daimler/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/08/12/citeecars-hybrid-car-rental-model-the-future-for-car-sharing/


Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Car Sharing

Car Sharing examples

Autolib, Greenwheels, City Car Club, and Stadtmobil

Traditional car rental companies have introduced their own car sharing services

Hertz on Demand and now Hertz 24/7, Enterprise CarShare by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Avis bought Zipcar, and U Car Share by U-Haul.

In addition, car manufacturers have also introduced their own car sharing services, including Daimler's car2go, BMW's Drivenow and VW's Quicar.

General Motors Ventures has invested in RelayRides.

And you can rent a car from … people: http://www.getaround.com/

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https://www.greenwheels.com/global/Home

http://www.citycarclub.co.uk/

https://www.stadtmobil.de/english/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_rental

http://www.hertzondemand.com/

http://www.enterprisecarshare.com/



http://www.zipcar.com/

https://www.ucarshare.com/secure/Home.aspx

https://www.ucarshare.com/secure/Home.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car2go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drivenow

https://web.quicar.de/

https://relayrides.com/

http://www.getaround.com/


Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Peer to Peer Car Sharing

Drop off your car at the airport and get free parking — plus a car wash.

In France

FlightCar and TripnDrive ‎or RelayRides

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https://flightcar.com/

http://www.tripndrive.com/

http://www.tripndrive.com/‎

https://relayrides.com/


Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Car Sharing - CiteeCar

CiteeCar, a new European startup with a hybrid low-cost model.

CiteeCar launched last December 2012 and is in three cities: Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, with 360 cars.

The cars people rent by the hour are owned by a financing company but managed by CiteeCar, but are maintained and parked with a peer “host” who doesn’t work for CiteeCar.

CiteeCar, based in Luxembourg, buys Kia Rios and agrees to sell them back to Kia after one year.

By keeping them for one year instead of three or more as rental car companies often do, the cars stay high-quality

CiteeCar finances the purchases through a third-party, so technically the financing company owns them and CiteeCar leases them.

The model could be a quick way for manufacturers to jump into car sharing without building their own system like Daimler or BMW, or buying in, like Avis did with ZipCar.

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http://citeecar.com/


Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Car Sharing - CiteeCar

Like ZipCar, CiteeCar then rents the cars out to its members.

Key difference: “CiteeHosts.”: have their own parking space and host a car. In exchange for this, they get free use of the car for a certain number of hours per month

CiteeCar’s peer-to-peer parking helps the company scale quickly

One surprise is how the hosts have become key evangelists. Some are active on social media and online forums promoting the company. ”It’s not just the parking the provide, they’re also the eyes and ears on the street when we’re not there,”

CiteeCar also is speaking to businesses that have parking spaces that could become hosts. In this scenario, businesses would use the cars during weekdays but individuals could use the cars on weekends.

People who are not hosts pay €5 per month for membership plus €1 per hour of driving plus €0.20 per kilometer.

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Hertz 24/7

Hertz customers from the Middle East will now be able to hire a wide variety of vehicles

when needed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and for any length of time -hourly, daily, weekly or monthly- from any of 1,800 neighborhood and airport locations in the USA, France, Germany, UK, Spain and Australia.

After registering for the service, customers will receive their own personal Hertz ‘keyfob’ which they can then load with credit.

The Hertz 24/7 customer experience is powered by the fast and easy Hertz “Click. Swipe. Go!” process.

Customers click on hertz247.com or hertz.com from a mobile device or laptop and complete the 24/7 reservation process, walk to their reserved car only minutes away where they swipe the 24/7 keyfob against the reader on the windshield to unlock the doors.

Then Go!, after retrieving the keys tethered to the dashboard.

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Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Carpooling

Carpooling (also known as ride-sharing, lift-sharing and covoiturage), is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car.

By having more people using one vehicle, carpooling reduces each person's travel costs such as fuel costs, tolls, and the stress of driving.

Carpooling is also seen as a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way to travel.

Authorities often encourage carpooling, especially during high pollution periods and high fuel prices.

Carpooling received a $10M investment from Daimler AG, as a minority shareholder and Daimler is investing in Moovel.

Sites:

http://www.blablacar.com/, http://www.carpooling.com/, https://www.erideshare.com/, http://www.zimride.com/

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http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/26/carpooling-daimler-carwars/

https://www.moovel.com/

http://www.blablacar.com/

http://www.carpooling.com/

https://www.erideshare.com/

http://www.zimride.com/


Car Rental Economy Is Being Disrupted Dynamic On Demand Ride Sharing

What about dynamic, on-demand ridesharing?

Recently, we have seen a lot of excitement about services such as Lyft or Sidecar, which help people find rides for short distances in urban areas.

Dynamic ridesharing is indeed technically fascinating, but in real life it requires a huge amount of critical mass to work.

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http://ouishare.net/2012/12/collaborative-consumption-business-models/



http://www.lyft.me/

http://www.side.cr/


Disruption in the Taxi and Black Car Space

Uber carved a small niche for itself in the private driver-for-hire market, but with so much competition out there, it clearly understands the need to diversify its offering and appeal to a bigger market

Hailo, GetTaxi, Cabulous, Ride Charge, TaxiBeat

SnapCar distances itself from Uber as it moves towards Business Class and wants to be the ‘private chauffer 2.0′

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https://www.uber.com/

https://hailocab.com/

http://gettaxi.com/

http://cabulous.com/

http://www.ridecharge.com/

https://taxibeat.com/

http://www.snapcar.com/

http://www.snapcar.com/


Disruption in the Taxi and Black Car Space – Black Car Platform

SummitQwest, has mastered the art of controlling black car costs for his corporate clients( up to 15% savings)

SummitGround, a standardized black car invoicing platform.

Suppliers agree to submit their invoices electronically through SummitGround.

SummitGround runs the invoice against dozens of QC checks and client-specific business rules. Those that pass are sent on to the client for payment. Those that don’t are suspended for the supplier’s review.

Clients pay clean invoices, and thereby get access to a rich database of their black car costs (Reports are quite detailed).

SummitLink, a black car reservation system, provides total trip cost for each supplier.

This tool works best for buyers with at least $400k in black car spend.

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http://summitqwest.com/index.html

http://www.summitground.com/

http://summitground.com/services/summitlink.html

In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital!


Pilot your car with your Android Watch?

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The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital!

ABI Research forecasts that shipments of in-vehicle infotainment systems, equipped with one or more smartphone integration technologies, will grow substantially over the next five years

Reaching 35.1 million units globally by 2018.

Questions are:

Who will control the user interface for cars?

iPhone apps, Android apps, or carmakers?

Who will deliver the best UI in a safe, appropriate mode to drivers?

Car OEMs aren't exactly known for their skills in developing apps, while no app developers in their right mind would want to develop so many different versions of an app separately (for Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Toyota).

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https://www.abiresearch.com/press/half-of-all-in-vehicle-infotainment-systems-equipp


The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital!

ABI Research report shows Apple as the real early adopter advantage in terms of connected in-vehicle infotainment systems.

By the end of 2018

43.6% will be equipped with MirrorLink

49.8% with Apple’s “iOS in the Car”, and

28.2% with other technologies.

A recent report from Telefónica Digital found the percentage of cars with built-in connectivity will jump from 10 percent today to 90 percent by 2020.

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https://www.abiresearch.com/press/half-of-all-in-vehicle-infotainment-systems-equipp

http://blog.digital.telefonica.com/?press-release=connected-cars-report-2013


The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital! Apple Ios In The Car

iOS in the Car (abbreviated as iOSitC)

New standard introduced for its iOS devices to be able to work with manufacturers' built-in in-car systems.

t was unveiled during the opening keynote of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 10, 2013.

iOS in the Car seamlessly integrates your iOS device — and the iOS experience — with your in-dash system.

If your vehicle is equipped with iOS in the Car, you can connect your iPhone 5 or later and interact with it using the car’s built-in display and controls or Siri Eyes Free.

Now you can easily and safely make phone calls, access your music, send and receive messages, get directions, and more. It’s all designed to let iPhone focus on what you need, so you can focus on the road.

To be released in Cars in 2014

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http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2013/




The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital! Apple Ios In The Car

List of companies selling or planning to sell cars with either iOSitC or Siri Eyes Free support, in alphabetical order

Acura, Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Opel, Toyota and Volvo.

A report by ABI Research predicts that within five years half the 35 million or so cars that ship in the United States supporting smartphone integrated entertainment systems will support Apple’s iOSitC.

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http://www.cultofmac.com/252667/apple-to-control-49-8-of-in-car-infotainment-by-2018/


Apple CarPlay

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http://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/



Apple CarPlay

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Apple CarPlay

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Apple CarPlay

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The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital! Google in The Car

Google presented at the CES 2014, the company's response to Apple: Android in the Car

in-car system will hook up to the user's Android phone, so they can locate their car, check if you've locked the doors or even start the car remotely and turn on the heating - a huge bonus on frosty mornings.

There's also a suggestion that two-way communication between the search giant and in-car devices will vastly improve traffic prediction on Google Maps.

Google is planning to use Miracast, a peer-to-peer wireless screen casting standard formed via WiFi Direct, to display apps running on Android phones on an in-car infotainment screen.

Assuming that WiFi signals are present inside a car.

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The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital! Google in The Car

Open Automotive Alliance is a global alliance of technology and auto industry leaders committed to bringing the Android platform to cars starting in 2014.

Hyundai, Audi, Honda and General Motors will be the first to benefit from 4G internet connections and voice activated functions.

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http://www.openautoalliance.net/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/hyundai

http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/audi

http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/honda

http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/honda

Copyright © 2014 CWT Source: Microsoft 31

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/windows-embedded-automotive-7.aspx


Microsoft “Windows in the car”

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The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital! Mirrorlink Promoted by CCC

Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) is an organization “dedicated to developing global standards for smartphone in-car connectivity.”

Since its inception in February 28, 2011 the CCC has grown to 94 members

representing over 70% of the worldwide market share in vehicles and over 60% of the worldwide market share in smartphones.

The Car Connectivity Consortium's first effort is MirrorLink™.

Technology standard that allows a consumer to access their phone using the same controls they use for accessing the car radio, climate control, and navigation system.

Provides a mechanism that ensures only approved applications are accessible while driving.

Applications will be approved using a standardize testing process

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The In-vehicle Applications Have Gone Digital! Mirrorlink Promoted by CCC

MirrorLink™ is based on a set of well established, non-proprietary technologies.

It uses standard Internet technologies (such as Internet Protocol) for compatibility with a wide range of devices.

It also uses technologies already common in the car, such as Bluetooth™ and USB, and newly-introduced car technologies such as Wi-Fi as well.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) is used for controlled access to applications.

Virtual Network Computing (VNC™) is used to replicate the phone's display on the navigation screen and communicate user inputs back to the phone.

Besides Bluetooth™, audio can also be streamed using the Real-Time Protocol (RTP).

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Comparisons

Source: Frost & Sullivan 35


Ford Applink

http://support.ford.com/topics/sync-technology 36

http://support.ford.com/topics/sync-technology




Ford Sync

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Ford Sync

http://www.ford.com/technology/sync/ 38

http://www.ford.com/technology/sync/


Toyota Entune

http://www.toyota.com/entune/ 39

http://www.toyota.com/entune/


Toyota Entune

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Honda

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Honda

Source: FABERNOVEL, Why Should I Care About APIs, December 2013 42


Honda

Source: FABERNOVEL, Why Should I Care About APIs, December 2013 43


Covisint and Hyundai

Covisint, a provider of back-end secure data services, demonstrated a new concept in personal profiles for cars at the 2014 Detroit auto show.

In the demonstration, an owner could log into a Web site run by Covisint and populate a virtual garage with any cars he owns.

He could upload her contact list from a smartphone and program in any other preferences or settings, such as social media log-ins.

Covisint used Hyundai's BlueLink system, which it runs, will let Genesis owners access point-of-interest searches, vehicle health reports, and roadside assistance through Google Glass.

Source: CNET 44

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31229_7-57617155-257/covisint-demos-google-glass-personal-profiles-for-cars/


Covisint Omni-Channel Connected Car

Covisint's demonstration included a virtual garage where owners could save vehicle preferences, and send them to their actual cars.

(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET)

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Mobile Applications and Devices for your car


How to Make You Drive Well?

Car renting app to actually grade your driving skills in terms of speed, braking, turning, acceleration, etc.

smartphone apps like Drivewise.ly and Drivesafe.ly that

You even have the ability to challenge your friends, family and business associates to achieve safe driving goals.

When you consider how important safe driving habits are to a company’s travel department and risk management team, doesn’t it make sense to equip road warriors with these types of safe driver apps that could ultimately earn them a reward for safely driving a rental car?

For example, achieve three consecutive 80% + safe driver ratings and, on your next trip, receive a complimentary car/hotel room upgrade.

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http://drivewise.ly/

Copyright © 2014 CWT 49 http://www.drivesafe.ly/

http://www.drivesafe.ly/

http://www.drivesafe.ly/


VW SmileDrive

http://smiledrive.vw.com 52

http://smiledrive.vw.com/


VW SmileDrive

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VW SmileDrive




Open Data for Your Car

http://www.automatic.com 59

http://www.automatic.com/


Make Drive Time More Fun And More Interesting

http://www.getjoyride.com/about.html 60

http://www.getjoyride.com/about.html


Car Hacking With The Tesla S And Google Glass

Source 61

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_aFOMCKEMA

Driverless Car


Human Drivers Statistics

USA

Human drivers get into an accident of one sort or another an average of once every 500,000 miles in the U.S.

Accidents that cause injuries occurs about once every 1.3 million miles.

And a fatality? Every 90 million miles.

Six million crashes in the US per year cost $160 billion and rank as the top reason of death for four- to 34-year olds.

And, 93% of accidents in the US are due to human error, typically due to inattention

Europe

40,000 fatal car accidents occur every year in Europe and 93% of them are due to human errors.

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Driver-less Cars History

Self-driving cars have been around in one form or another since the 1970s

3 DARPA Grand Challenges, in 2004, 2005, and 2007, jump-started the field.

Arguably the most important outcome of the DARPA field trials was the development of a robust and reliable laser range finder.

It's the all-seeing eye mounted on top of these cars, and it's used by virtually every other experimental self-driving system ever built.

Grand Challenge alumni now populate self-driving laboratories worldwide.

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Driver-less Cars 2013 is a Key Year

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is widely expected to announce standards and mandates for car-borne beacons that will broadcast location information to other vehicles on the road.

The beacons will warn drivers when a collision seems imminent

when the car ahead breaks hard, for example, or another vehicle swerves erratically into traffic.

Automakers may then use this information to take the next step: program automated responses.

They should be ready in 2020!

Audi, Volkswagen, Toyota, GM, Volvo, BMW, Nissan

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Driver-less Cars 2013 is a Key Year

NHTSA defines five levels of autonomous-car tech

Level zero being nothing.

Level one cars include standard safety features such as ABS brakes, electronic stability control, and adaptive cruise control (ACC).

Level two, level-one features like lane centering and ACC tie together and the car begins to drive itself.

Level three has the Google-style autopilot.

And level four is the holy grail—the car that can drive you home when you're drunk and then go fetch another six-pack.

Already NHTSA has mandated level-one technologies in every new car. Several automakers have systems that approach level two on the test track, and Mercedes appears to be the first to market.

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Driver-less Cars: Intelligence Of A Car Already Outdrive Humans

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Driverless Car: Google Car


Driver-less Cars LIDAR

For car companies, the real cost of implementing the technology would be in : the lidar.

The acronym stands for light detection and ranging, and it works on the same principle that radar and sonar do

Today's most advanced lidar is much more accurate, generating up to 1.3 million voxels per second.

A voxel is like a pixel but represents a point in space instead of on a two-dimensional screen.

Group a million or so voxels together and you have a point-cloud: a 3-D model mapped at a 1:1 scale and accurate down to the centimeter.

But at $75,000 to $85,000 each, Google's lidar costs more than every other component in the self-driving car combined, including the car itself.

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Google Car

Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) lase

Radar

Position Sensors

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Driver-less Cars Google Car

a) Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) laser

Mounted on top of the car it determines the distance and position of surrounding objects by sending out laser pulses and measuring how long it takes for the light to bounce back.

On the Google cars, the device makes about 10 rotations per second, gathering data about objects within a circle of roughly 70 meters.

b) Radar

Three radar sensors in the front part of the car, and one behind, also help detect nearby objects and determine how close they are.

c) Position Sensors

A sensor on the left rear wheel detects small movements. This data, when combined with information from a GPS system and internal gyroscopes, helps the self-driving car calculate which direction it is facing.

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Driver-less Cars Google Chauffeur

Chauffeur is undergoing a closed beta test.

The company wants to prove (in a statistical, actuarial sense) that the auto-drive function is safe: not perfect, not crash-proof, but safer than a competent human driver.

"We have a saying here at Google," says Levandowski. "In God we trust—all others must bring data.“

Data reveal that Chauffeur will, on average, travel 36,000 miles before making a mistake severe enough to require driver intervention.

A mistake doesn't mean a crash—it just means that Chauffeur misinterprets what it sees.

The software also performs hundreds of diagnostic checks a second

Glitches occur about every 300 miles.

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Connected Car and Driverless Google and Uber

Uber to purchase 2,500 driverless Google GX3200 vehicles

uberAUTO driverless cars on the road by the end of the year

As part of the deal, the companies will work together to install the latest Uber logistics software directly into the vehicle, and Uber will share some of its traffic and routing data back to Google. With that data, Google says it will be able to provide more accurate real-time information to all cars that are part of its autonomous driving network.

Driverless cars and on-demand transportation services has resulted in faster commute times and less congestion in many major cities over the last five years.

Uber claims that its service has reduced traffic by up to 35 percent already in many of its biggest markets, and putting more efficient driverless cars on the road should only help improve that.

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Driverless Car – Other Examples


From Milan to Shangai … Driverless

Professor Alberto Broggi of the University of Parma, also head of the spin-off VisLab

Four Piaggio Porter with full electric drive properly set up

From Milan to Shangai.

TED video

Source 76

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TYFzyoQVm_Q

http://www.automotivespace.it/eng/in-the-footsteps-of-marco-polo-by-car-driverless/


Nissan

The company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable Autonomous Drive vehicles by 2020.

Work is already underway in Japan to build a dedicated autonomous driving proving ground, to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2014.

Nissan's autonomous driving will be achieved at realistic prices for consumers. The goal is availability across the model range within two vehicle generations.

Laser scanners, Around View Monitor cameras, as well as advanced artificial intelligence and actuators, have been installed in Nissan LEAFs to enable them to negotiate complex real-world driving scenarios.

Nissan's autonomous driving technology is an extension of its Safety Shield, which monitors a 360-degree view around a vehicle for risks, offers warnings to the driver and takes action if necessary.

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Volvo Platooning

Self-driving-car boosters talk about a virtuous circle that starts when human hands leave the wheel.

It's not just safety that improves.

Computer control enables cars to drive behind one another, so they travel as a virtual unit.

Volvo has perfected a simple auto-drive system called platooning, in which its cars autonomously follow a professional driver.

It uses technology that's already built into every high-end Volvo sold today, plus a communications system.

The vehicle-to-vehicle communications standard soon to be announced by NHSTA would, at least in theory, enable all makes and models to platoon.

And lidar could eliminate even the need for a lead driver.

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Volvo "Drive Me" project

Volvo plans to release 100 AVs on roads near Gothenburg, the country's second largest city.

"Drive Me" project is meant to demonstrate the societal benefits of autonomous driving, point out situations well-suited for AV use, and show what sort of infrastructure might be needed once we have thousands on the highways.

The self-driving technology used in the pilot allows you to hand over the driving to the car.

The first AVs are due in 2017, based on Volvo's XC90 model, which debuts next year. Volvo will begin testing the "user interface and cloud functionality" in 2014.

The trial will see when drivers want control of the wheel and when they are happy giving it up, and what sort of safety measures might be needed if they're unable to regain control.

The carmaker claims "Drive Me" is the first large pilot in the world.

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http://www.volvocars.com/us/all-cars/volvo-XC90/Pages/default.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=XC90 - Branded&utm_term=XC90


Ford Unveils Its First Autonomous Vehicle Prototype

Automated Fusion Hybrid Research Vehicle

Replacing the massive, spinning LIDAR units on current autonomous vehicles are four smaller scanners poking out of the roof like a quartet of antennae. Linked together, the LIDAR units compose a 360-degree, three-dimensional view of the surroundings, processing the information and allowing the vehicle to accelerate, brake, and steer without driver intervention.

Source 80

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/12/ford-fusion-hybrid-autonomous/



Video 81

http://condenastl3cdn.cust.footprint.net/videos/52aa2875ee3ec9a0c8000010/low.webm



Ford is working on vehicle-to-vehicle communication that alerts drivers about congestion, accidents, and weather up ahead.

After those systems are implemented, Ford expects adaptive cruise control, steering, and V2V systems to allow packs of cars to join a road train on highways, with the eventual goal of creating a highly automated — not “driverless” — car.

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Source 83

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/12/ford-fusion-hybrid-autonomous/


BYD Remotely Controlled car

Chinese automotive company BYD has a car you can buy today … with an actual, real, operational remote control.

The BYD Su Rui is an ordinary-looking 5-seat sedan with 154 horsepower and 36 miles to the gallon.

But it comes standard with very un-ordinary remote control technology that allows owners to park the car in tight spots, call the car over to pick them up in case of inclement weather, or show off for their friends — all at the sedate pace of 1.2 miles per hour.

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http://www.byd.com/

http://www.byd.com/news/news-1-117.html

http://www.byd.com/news/news-1-117.html


Self Driving Trucks (Rio Tinto)

The trucks are controlled by a human operator who is plugged in remotely, but they do not have remote drivers.

Instead, the vehicles are given a set of waypoints and instructed to follow them — using sensors to avoid obstacles.

it still takes a human operator to give the order to move.

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Urban Transport Pods


Urban Transport Pods

The idea is that the human operator interacts with the pod using a touchscreen in the windshield.

You swipe to select a destination, and you can read the daily news, check your e-mail or even play a video game during the trip.

There will be a built-in wireless hotspot to connect your gadgets. The pod operates on its own, showing its current route.

Already being used in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi

and at the London Heathrow airport, but both

are used in tightly controlled areas.

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LUTZ: Low-Carbon Urban Transport Zone

The LUTZ is a system of driverless cars, or pods, that will be deployed in Milton Keynes, a town northeast of London. The British government is funding the project, along with other efforts to make the U.K. a leader in innovation around next-generation transportation.

Video

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ROPITS

Programming your destination before you get into your car and it takes you safely to your final destination.

This is a big data solution not possible without mobile communications

ROPITS was developed for Japan’s growing population of elderly people and people with physical disabilities.

Tsukuba is one of the first cities in Japan to allow self-driving vehicles.

Hitachi's ROPITS' navigation system combines GPS, stereo cameras, and multiple laser range finders - and can drive to selected destinations on a tablet pc or mobile device

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Hitachi's ROPITS tablet-controlled, self-driving urban vehicle

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GM's new Electric Networked Vehicles, or EN-V

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http://www.gm.com/vision/design_technology/emerging_technology.html



Electric Cars


Armadillo-t: An Electric Car That Can Fold Itself In Half

August 2013 saw KAIST (the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) announce the Armadillo-T: an electric car that can fold itself in half.

Created to save parking space in traffic-congested cities, the compact two-seater can ‘tuck’ its rear structure away during parking, to occupy only one-third of a regular five-meter-wide parking lot.

Drivers can operate and fold their cars remotely via a smartphone app.

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http://trendwatching.com/asiapacific/trends/5trends2014/


Hiriko with Deutsche Bahn

German rail network Deutsche Bahn will this year begin testing a car-sharing program with foldable electric cars produced by Hiriko.

The MIT-instigated two-seater car, which drives on the road as a normal vehicle and has a sliding rear section that folds into the front cabin when it comes time to park, is set to launch in the Northern Hemisphere Spring.

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http://www.hiriko.com/what-is-the-hiriko-project

http://www.hiriko.com/what-is-the-hiriko-project

http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=29405

http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=29405


Tesla

Tesla’s “supercharging” stations are popping up in California, allowing drivers to charge up for free using solar power

plans to install Superchargers in high-traffic corridors across the US, Europe and Asia.

Model S Model x

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http://www.teslamotors.com/


Electric Car – Renault Zoe

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Fiat 500e

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New “Intelligent” Roads


Secured Driving on Smart Highway

Standard road markings will be replaced with photo luminescent powder that charges in the daylight and glows through the night.

When the temperature drops below freezing, the road will automatically light up with snowflake indicators to warn drivers of possible ice, sort of like the Coors beer cans that turn blue when they’re extra cold.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/IBTx87xiscs

More: http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/smart-highway/stories/#719

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http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/smart-highway/stories/




Smart Highway

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Smart Highway

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Smart Highway

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Smart Highway

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Smart Highway

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Smart Highway

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Solar-powered Glow-in-the-dark Roads

Pro-Teq is currently testing Starpath, an ultraviolet-powered glow-in-the-dark pedestrian footpath in a Victorian park in Cambridge, England, that hopes to revolutionize the way we light our public spaces.

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http://www.pro-teqsurfacing.com/




South Korea Now Has Roads That Recharge Electric Cars As You Drive

The city of Gumi, South Korea, has "electrified" 15 miles of road

The network consists of special roads that have electrical cables buried just below the surface, which wirelessly transfer energy to electric vehicles via magnetic resonance.

By running power through the cables at a specific frequency, an electromagnetic field is generated. A coil located underneath vehicles interacts with this field and generates a current, charging the vehicle's batteries.

The city is currently only using the technology with a few electric buses

With roads that charge your car as you drive, range is less of a factor and batteries can become smaller and cheaper.

The research study behind Gumi's network concluded that only 5-15% of roads need to be electrified for the concept to be viable.

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Innovative Cars …


The Flying Car

Prototypes are flying car are already operational. A new way to travel?

Jetpacks exist and they are now on sale.

FlyingCars: http://www.terrafugia.com/

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http://martinjetpack.com/

http://martinjetpack.com/

http://www.terrafugia.com/


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