FLOURISH: user-focused driverless car project releases latest research findings
The West-of-England-based FLOURISH driverless car research and development project has today released its mid-project trials report detailing its latest findings and what they mean for the future deployment of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV [...]
CAV Scotland roundup
Last week, I attended the first CAV Scotland event. It was organised by Transport Scotland and Transport Network to promote the opportunities around connected and autonomous vehicles in Scotland. It was an excellent event, collocated with Bridges S [...]
ICAV attends ITS World Congress 2018 in Copenhagen
The ICAV team attended ITS World Congress in Copenhagen for the full duration of the exhibition from 17th - 21st September 2018. The 5-day event was jam-packed with a wealth of seminars, sessions, exhibitors and live demonstrations of driverless veh [...]
Conigital are 1 of 3 winners of the Discovering Start Ups Competition Award
On 17th September Conigital were awarded winners of the Cambridge Wireless Discovering Start-Ups Competition Award, hosted by Cameron McKenna Nabarro (“CMS”) in their London Head Offices. Conigital, along with 11 other competing start up companies, [...]
EU wants to make an agreement with Saphe
The Danish company Saphe is heading for a European breakthrough after the EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, wants to meet with CEO Freddy Sørensen to cooperate on the new traffic alarm that is being presented this week at the ITS World Co [...]
Meridian to help 11 countries find common ground on global CAV Standards at ITS World Congress
Meridian, the gateway to self-driving vehicle development in the UK, will lead the first working group to establish a global understanding of common requirements for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). The Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Inter [...]
Shining a light on Road Hazards
Cohda Wireless has demonstrated a smart street light concept at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Copenhagen that has been designed to alert motorists to the presence of broken down vehicles. The streetlight system proposed by Cohd [...]
Drive Midlands launches new programme for the automotive industry
Drive Midlands, which supports and promotes the region’s automotive industry, is launching a new programme for the supply chain within the area. The Drive Midlands Automotive Partnership will provide sector-specific support to local firms, regardles [...]
Intercept IP announces acquisition of Control F1
Intercept IP announces the acquisition of software company Control F1, as well as new partnerships with Silicon Labs, Sony and AC Industrial. The acquisition has been enabled by a recent funding round, with investors including former Dragons’ Den s [...]
Conigital celebrate their third birthday with Barclays Eagle Labs support
Conigital, an intelligent mobility company in the driverless vehicle space has reached a proud and momentous milestone, celebrating their third birthday in July. In the face of Brexit, increasing interest rates and political uncertainty which has st [...]
MCAV expands Internationally
Conigital, Founders of Midlands Connected and Automated Vehicle Cluster, (“MCAV”), have announced they are creating a series of regional, national and international clusters to further the development of the driver-less industry under the ICAV bann [...]
CAVs in the West Midlands at the Transport Data Initiative #7 – Leeds
Transport Data Initiative (“TDI”) hosted their 7th installment event series in Leeds on Thursday 21st June. TDI is led by local authorities who believe that improving the way we collect, store, and use data will help us deliver improved transport se [...]
Conigital and MCAV exhibit with Westfield Technology Group’s Driverless Pod at Cheltenham Science Festival
On the 8-9 of June, Conigital and MCAV exhibited at the Cheltenham Science Festival held at the Cheltenham Town Hall. The 6 day festival which recently took place 5 – 10 June brought together some of the greatest scientific minds in the UK. Other e [...]
MCAV attend law firm Squire Patton Boggs event in Birmingham
On Wednesday 23 May, The Midlands Connected Autonomous Vehicles (“MCAV”) team attended Squire Patton Boggs office for the Counsel Connect seminar in Birmingham. The event featured talks on the importance of storytelling in a corporate environment, u [...]
Midlands Cluster develops Tech CAV Super Highway between Birmingham and Cambridge
The Midlands Connected Autonomous Vehicles (MCAV) cluster hosted its second major event on Thursday 8th March, with the Cluster Seminar & Dinner 2018 addressing key transport, congestion and climate challenges faced by cities, and what driverle [...]