Five years ago, Uber predicted that they would have 200,000 driverless cars on the road by 2020. It’s now 2021 and Uber are far off this predicted number. So, what happened? We’ve seen the hype around the phenomenon dissipate over the last five years as...
Automation tALKS the talk… …but does it walk the walk? In August 2020, the DfT launched a call for evidence into ALKS – automated lane keeping systems. This offered respondents the opportunity to comment on the benefits, risks and feasibility of ALKS. In the foreword...
By Nick Reed In 2016, I was honoured to be invited to give a talk at TEDx Reading. The title of my presentation was ‘The promise of vehicle automation – safer, easier, journeys for all’. Four years later, how do I now reflect on my experiences that day? Firstly, I can...
Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) is an in-vehicle system that uses information on the position of a road vehicle in a network in relation to the speed limit at that location. The aim is to help drivers comply with speed limits and is just one of several safety...
When the topic of automated vehicles arises, you would be forgiven for thinking of our day to day cars with automatic features, perhaps automated truck convoys and at a push, low-speed autonomous delivery pods being trialled for delivery services in urban areas. The...
In June 2016, ITEN Member, Nick Reed took the stage at TEDxReading and addressed why vehicle automation was critical to the future of transportation, described some of the work that was being undertaken to enable automated vehicles to operate on our roads and explored...
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