Designed as a driver assist system, the automated vehicle can accommodate multiple driving scenarios.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads
Already ahead in ITS, Portland's 850 "smart buses" are equipped with Global Positioning System and Automated Vehicle Location technology.
The equipment in Continental's highly automated vehicle differs from the customized sensors and tailor-made actuators in other automated vehicles.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads
Continental's highly automated vehicle, however, is an intermediate step toward autonomous driving.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads
Continental's current highly automated vehicle is designed to always have a driver monitoring the vehicle behind the wheel, unlike a completely automated vehicle.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads
Continental's testing license is for the company's highly automated vehicle, and represents the first license granted by the Nevada DMV to an automotive supplier.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads
Though the NHTSA's sights are clearly set on an automated vehicle future, it's yet to determine whether or not inclusion and use of that tech will be mandated.
Continental will continue real world evaluations with this vehicle and believes that a highly automated driving vehicle featuring traffic jam assist will be introduced within the next few years.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads
Its design would lean heavily on technologies already developed for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).
After Endeavour leaves the ISS, Europe's first cargo ship, an unmanned Automated Transfer Vehicle called Jules Verne, will get its chance to dock.
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Jules Verne - its generic name is Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) - delivered just under five tonnes of supplies to the platform on its maiden voyage.
The new building contains a 65-vehicle automated lot, a 24-unit apartment building and ground floor retail in a space that once housed a 100-vehicle car park.
The Lexus advanced active safety research vehicle is equipped with an array of sensors and automated control systems to observe, process and respond to the vehicle's surroundings.
Examples of household electrical loads that could be shifted to off-peak hours via an automated or controlled mobile app include charging a plug-in vehicle, running a dishwasher, running a hot water heater, running the refrigerator's defrost cycle and ice-making.
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