Transdev enters partnership to develop shared mobility solution
Transdev is to launch an electric and automated shuttle service by 2020 in France and Germany.
The company is to integrate its autonomous shuttle transport and supervision system with a shuttle provided by the e.Go Moove joint venture – a partnership comprising e.Go, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and chassis technology firm ZF.
ZF will provide the shuttle’s electric drive systems, steering systems and brakes as well as its ProAI central computer – a system which acts as a central control unit with
January 21, 2019
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8574 Transdev is to launch an electric and automated shuttle service by 2020 in France and Germany.
The company is to integrate its autonomous shuttle transport and supervision system with a shuttle provided by the e.Go Moove joint venture – a partnership comprising e.Go, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and chassis technology firm ZF.
8557 ZF will provide the shuttle’s electric drive systems, steering systems and brakes as well as its ProAI central computer – a system which acts as a central control unit within the vehicle – and sensors to enable automated driving functions.
Transdev is not the only company to provide commuters in France with an autonomous transport solution. In December, 6546 Keolis launched a free electric autonomous shuttle %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external servicefalsehttp://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/news/keolis-launches-free-autonomous-shuttle-service-at-french-university/falsefalse%> at the University of Lille which is operating on open public roads for one year.
Keolis has launched an on-demand shared mobility service in Bordeaux, France, in a bid to reduce congestion and the impact on the local environment.
The Ke’op service operates in a 50km2 area and provides connections to the public transport network of the metropole, including tram lines A and B.
Jean-Pierre Farandou, executive chairman of Keolis, says the service should enable the company to meet the needs of transport authorities in areas where density does not justify the installation of major transpor
Keolis Canada has ordered 12 electric Type C all-electric school buses from Lion Electric to transport hundreds of children in the Lanaudière region, Quebec.
The fleet will operate alongside two other Type C e-buses which Keolis ordered in 2016. Overall, the service is expected to transport 700 school students as of 2019.
A survey from Lion shows that public opinion is behind the move - more than 90% of the 907 respondents say they want schools and boards to promote the use of electric buses.
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