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Eight new projects have been awarded £20 million in funding
to research and develop enhanced communication between
vehicles and roadside infrastructure or urban information
systems, including new ‘talking car technologies’, Business
Secretary Sajid Javid will announce on a visit to the
autonomous vehicles test bed in Nuneaton.
The projects are the first to be funded from the government’s
£100 million Intelligent Mobility Fund. They range from
developing autonomous shuttles to carry visually-impaired
passengers using advanced sensors and control systems,
to new simulation trials for autonomous pods to increase
uptake and improve real-world trials.
Trials to test driverless cars on the streets are currently
being worked on in Bristol, Coventry and Milton Keynes,
and Greenwich. Autonomous vehicles are also being used
in Heathrow to shuttle passengers, although these are
currently on designated tracks.
The UK has a rich fabric of scientists and engineers who
have established the UK as pioneers in the research and
development of connected and autonomous vehicles.
Today’s funding will help strengthen the UK as a global
centre for the fast-growing intelligent mobility market,
estimated to be worth £900 billion per year globally by
2025.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said:
Our cars of the future will be equipped with the technologies
that will make getting from A to B safer, faster, and cleaner.
They will alert drivers of accidents ahead and be able
to receive information from their surroundings about
hazards, increasing the safety of drivers, passengers and
pedestrians.
Britain is a world-leader in research and development
in such innovative technologies which improve lives and
create opportunity for all. That is why this government has
protected the £6 billion science budget and is providing up
to £20 million for these projects.
Chris Reeves, Commercial Manager, Future Transport
Technologies and Intelligent Mobility at HORIBA MIRA,
said:
All the projects have received financial backing from
industry in addition to government funding, and are
backed by leading automotive businesses, engineering
firms, IT specialists, universities and local authorities. The
UK Connected Intelligent Transport Environment (UKCITE)
project, which the Business Secretary will visit today,
includes HORIBA MIRA, Jaguar Land Rover, Siemens,
and Vodafone Group amongst others. He will also see
demonstrations and simulations of the Flourish and Move
UK projects.
Eight projects have been awarded 20 million in funding to develop
the next generation of autonomous vehicles
Future Electronics moves to new regional headquarters premises
in Muenchen, Germany
New office provides more floor space and better facilities
to support Future Electronics’ expansion in the central
Europe region
Future Electronics, founded in 1968 by company president
Robert Miller and now a world-class leader and innovator in
the distribution and marketing of electronics components,
today officially opened the new headquarters for its Central
Europe region, in Muenchen, Germany.
The move to a new, bigger office complex near the site
of the Messe Muenchen exhibition halls provides Future
Electronics with space to accommodate its growing
workforce. The Central Europe division of Future Electronics,
which includes the D/A/CH countries and The Netherlands,
is in the middle of an expansion programme as it gears
up to support growing numbers of customers and an
Ole Gerkensmeyer, Future Electronics’ Regional Sales Director,
Central Europe
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