Hyundai Presents Vision for Human-Centered Cities through Smart Mobility Solutions at CES 2020

Hyundai Motor to present human-centered future mobility vision at CES 2020PAV, PBV and the Hub to be connected to enrich lives of city commuters

Hyundai Motor will take the stage at CES 2020 to present its vision for mobility and cities of the future.

Hyundai will unveil its first concept Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) as part of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) landscape. The use of airspace is expected to alleviate road congestion and give back quality time to city commuters. *Personal Air Vehicle – Vehicle for air transportation / Urban Air Mobility – Ecosystem and services utilizing PAVs

Hyundai’s vision continues with its Purpose Built Vehicle (PBV). This highly customizable concept with autonomous driving feature allows for limitless possibilities to turn the vehicle to be more than just a means of transportation.

These two smart mobility devices will come together at the Hub, which will be located throughout cities in the future and used as community spaces. *Hub –

Take off/Landing point for PAVs and arrival/departure point for PBVs. Also serves as place for community activities

Hyundai Motor’s innovative smart mobility solutions, including the PAV, PBV, and the Hub, will be showcased at Hyundai’s CES press event to be held at 3 p.m. on January 6 at Mandalay Bay South Convention Center 2F Oceanside B.

Source: Hyundai

Continental launches smart intersections with wrong-way driver detection in Michigan

The hub in Auburn Hills features a range of technology aimed at increasing safety at intersections, improving traffic flow and reducing pollution.

The Continental Wrong-Way Driver system can be deployed on freeways and highways

Mobility technology company Continental has launched the Smart City Mobility and Transportation Hub in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

It features two intelligent intersections equipped with Continental’s short- and long-range sensors as well as a wrong-way driver detection system. Continental says the technology has the potential to improve traffic flow, reduce pollution and significantly increase safety by communicating hidden dangers to approaching connected vehicles and pedestrians.

Intelligent intersections

Continental wants to apply its years of experience in the automotive industry to make intersections more intelligent. Its sensors have been deployed on a number of vehicle platforms over the years, and enable functions like adaptive cruise control, blind-spot detection, forward collision warning, lane change assist and more.

In its current phase, the Hub is collecting non-personally identifiable information such as location and movement patterns about pedestrians, vehicles and other intersection-related activity to create an environment model needed for infrastructure-to-everything (I2X) communication.

The environment model provides information about traffic participants (for example, vehicles and vulnerable road users), traffic infrastructure, static objects and the overall road situation to connected vehicles.

“Auburn Hills is excited to partner with Continental to provide a real-world test location for smart city technology that will make the future of transportation safer not only for motorists, but cyclists, pedestrians, and other users within the confluence of the intersection,” said Kevin McDaniel, mayor of Auburn Hills.

Source: Sue Weeks-Smart Cities World

Ericsson and Microsoft team up for the next generation of connected cars

Integration of Ericsson’s Connected Vehicle Cloud and Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform enables automakers to accelerate the delivery of new connected car services worldwideConnected vehicle cloud as-a-service to reduce complexity, enable innovation, and simplify the application development in automotive industry

Ericsson are bringing their connected vehicle expertise together. Ericsson is building its Connected Vehicle Cloud on top of the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform that is running on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The integrated solution allows automakers to deploy and scale global vehicle services such as fleet management, over-the-air software updates and connected safety services much easier and faster while reducing costs. It provides flexibility through modular design and multiple deployment options.

Ericsson’s Connected Vehicle Cloud connects more than 4 million vehicles across 180 countries worldwide - approximately 10 percent of the connected vehicle market. The platform is tailored to fit vehicle manufacturers’ growing demand for scalability and flexibility with the capability of supporting any connected vehicle service.

Ericsson’s Connected Vehicle Cloud offloads vehicle manufacturers' complexity of global 24/7 operations and lifecycle management related to connected vehicles with a guaranteed service-level agreement.

The Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP) empowers automotive companies to accelerate the delivery of safe, comfortable and personalized connected driving experiences. It combines cloud infrastructure, edge technology as well as AI and IoT services with a diverse partner ecosystem.

With MCVP, Microsoft offers a consistent, cloud-connected platform across all digital scenarios on top of which customer-facing solutions can be built, including in-vehicle infotainment, advanced navigation, autonomous driving, telematics and prediction services, and over-the-air updates.

MCVP includes the hyperscale, global availability, and regulatory compliance that comes with Microsoft Azure.

“The Ericsson and Microsoft partnership will deliver a comprehensive connected vehicle platform at scale to the market. Our integrated solutions will help automotive manufacturers accelerate their global connected vehicle solutions and offer a better experience for drivers and passengers,” says Åsa Tamsons, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Technologies & New Businesses.

“This is an exciting new offering with great benefits for the automotive industry, leveraging Ericsson and Microsoft’s technology leadership in connectivity and cloud.”

Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President, Business Development at Microsoft says: “Together with Ericsson, we intend to simplify the development of connected vehicle services to help car makers focus on their customers’ needs and accelerate the delivery of unique, tailor-made driving experiences.”

On Tuesday January 7th from 6 PM-8 PM, Microsoft and Ericsson will host a joint social event at CES 2020 in Las Vegas to inaugurate the new partnership. If you’d like to join us, please send an email to media.relations@ericsson.com

Source: Ericsson.