By 2017, 56 percent of vehicles produced in North America and 46 percent of those produced in Europe will be equipped with eCall telematics, says market researcher Strategy Analytics. The firm this month released a new automotive telematics market study, which assesses car-makers’ telematics activities with respect to both “connected vehicle” and “vehicle-to-device” connectivity solutions.
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The IEEE is soliciting papers for technical presentations at its first international “Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems” (FISTS) conference, to be held in Vienna next June. The event will cover the latest technologies and developments in traffic and transportation within the land, air, and water domains.
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The Second International Summit on the State of the Connected Vehicle will take place Sept. 29-30, 2010 in Troy, Michigan. The event will focus on policy, funding, issues, and strategies to accelerate connected vehicle deployments regionally and internationally.
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The EU’s COOPERS project recently completed extensive field tests of cooperative traffic management systems along heavily traveled motorways in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and the Netherlands. The tests, conducted between January and June, demonstrated success from both the safety and user acceptance perspectives, according to the project.
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BMW and several other members of Germany’s AKTIV initiative on June 23 presented results from various intelligent transport systems (ITS) R&D projects. BMW says its AKTIV contributions have included innovations to vehicle safety, smooth traffic flow, and “vehicle-2-x” communications, including support for motorcycles.
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