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French company's service in Riyadh will be used to gain regulatory insight into AV roll-out

Company will provide unmanned shuttle service at Terhills complex in Flanders

Firm says control centre can supervise Toulouse vehicles remotely without on-board supervisor

AvCo partners include Stantec Generation AV, Panasonic and CDoT

Government-backed Kelride seeks to integrate autonomous vehicles into public transport

EZ10 driverless shuttle fitted with Sono solar panels to shorten recharging times

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has temporarily suspended EasyMile’s autonomous shuttle service in the US after a passenger fell from their seat. 

Autonomous vehicle (AV) developers seem to targeting ‘closed’ communities such as retirement complexes or universities and Via is also joining this trend. The company has launched a free AV service called BusBot for a retirement community in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. In partnership with local bus operator Busways, Transport for NSW and EasyMile, BusBot is operating in the Marian Grove Retirement Village in Toormina, a suburb of Coffs Harbour. Via says its technology allows the vehicle

Transdev is trialling two EasyMile autonomous shuttles in daily traffic conditions in Montreal, Canada, until 4 August. Arthur Nicolet, chief executive officer of Transdev Canada, says: “Each step of this deployment allows us to address technological challenges, as well as to test consumer acceptance of these new modes of transport.” Transdev says the shuttle will cross intersections equipped with intelligent traffic signals with which they will communicate, thereby providing a service between Olympi

EasyMile’s quality management system has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification – which the company says will allow it to develop and better structure activities dedicated to autonomous mobility. The certification includes all activities such as the specifications of autonomous vehicle, software and system development, up to its deployment in the field. It also covers the company’s activities with third-party manufacturers aiming to reach autonomy with their platforms via EasyMile’s technology. Gil