Autonomous vehicles should open up mobility options for people with disabilities and ageing populations. Automakers, transportation and advocacy groups are researching accessibility issues that need to be addressed to bring the best autonomous technology on the road for all. Auto Futures talked with the leading researchers in the field.
THE FUTURE of the car is the focus of a new exhibition at the British Motor Museum. The motor car has transformed travel across the world over the past 100 years but times are changing fast. With its major contribution to climate change, coupled with rapidly moving developments in technology, the car of the future is set to be a very different vehicle.
A home in Sussex for blind ex-servicemen and women is testing driverless cars to help veterans regain their independence. The autonomous pods use cutting-edge technology to navigate safely and are in use at Blind Veterans UK in Ovingdean. The electrically-powered pod is called Arthur and capable of driving with no driver, only passengers.
A UK headquartered company is looking at the global roll-out of its autonomous baggage carrying vehicles following a successful trial at Heathrow. Aurrigo was approached by International Airlines Group (IAG) to use its driverless expertise to develop the world’s first autonomous ‘dolly’, a common piece of ground-handling equipment normally used to move loose baggage and […]
