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An autonomous vehicle project on real roads with real traffic - and some insight into how vulnerable road users interact with AVs Partners in ServCity are: Nissan, Hitachi, University of Nottingham, TRL, SBD Automotive and Connected Places Catapult

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Hitachi Automotive Systems and Clarion have developed a remote parking system that automatically performs parallel and perpendicular parking as well as garage parking and exit from outside the vehicle through remote control using smartphones.

Hitachi Solutions, in conjunction with Renesas, launched a new V2X system during this week’s ITS World Congress. This new V2X is designed to enable safer driving assistance, increase driving comfort and enable vehicles to communicate with each other, as well as communicating with traffic infrastructure.

According to new market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the smart railway market is predicted to grow from US$5.34 Billion in 2015 to US$13.77 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 20.8 per cent over the period. The smart railways concept includes the combination of advanced solutions and services of intelligent transportation with the information and communication technology. It facilitates the smart use of rail assets, from tracks to trains which will enable companies to meet the increasing consumer dema

Finmeccanica and Hitachi have announced the closing of transactions relating to Hitachi’s acquisition of the business of AnsaldoBreda, with the exclusion of some revamping activities and certain residual contracts, and Finmeccanica’s entire economic interest in Ansaldo STS, equal to approximately 40 per cent of its issued share capital. Finmeccanica has selected Hitachi as the best industrial partner to ensure a successful long term repositioning of its transportation business and believes integration in

Japan-based Hitachi, Hitachi Automotive Systems and Clarion have developed the basic technology for preventing collisions while maintaining safe and practical speeds by predicting changes in pedestrian movements and rapidly calculating optimum speed patterns in real time. The companies claim to have verified the validity of the technology using experimental vehicles and determined that it can be implemented at safe and practical driving speeds. Going forward, the Hitachi Group will accelerate to further

Research and Markets’ latest report, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Market in North America 2015-2019, expects the ITS market in North America to grow at a CAGR of 6.49 per cent in terms of revenue during 2014-2019. The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the ITS market in North America for the period 2015-2019. The market covered in the report includes roadway transportation only. To calculate the market size, the report considers revenue generated from the sales of ITS p