Top 3 must read articles from this week
Here is the best of what’s been happening in disruption and innovation this week:
The Federal Government has announced a $55 million investment into digital and evolving vehicle technologies to help improve traffic flow, named the iMove Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
The initiative aims to deliver practical solutions to everyday commuter problems and will exploit new vehicle technologies to create more efficient transport connections and offer a real-time choice to travelers and freight operators.
Toll road operator Transurban will trial a range of autonomous vehicles on its flagship CityLink road in Melbourne next year after striking a partnership with the Victorian government.
Transurban (TCL) said yesterday the trial would test vehicles currently on the market to understand how autonomous vehicle technology interacted with road infrastructure including overhead lane signals, electronic speed signs and line marking.
Chinese-backed car manufacturer NIO showcased its EP9 electric supercar last November in London, but this weekend at SXSW, the company unveiled its concept consumer autonomous vehicle, the NIO EVE.
NIO used to be known as NextEV, is backed by a number of Chinese venture capital firms, and has hired people from companies such as Tesla, Ford, and Lyft. Just a concept at this stage, the EVE is a look at what the company feels will be future of autonomous vehicles.
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