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Mobility & Transportation

March 09, 2018

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Time for the weekly Mobility & Transportation Reading List.
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Startup Digest Mobility & Transportation is curated by:
Timo Hoffmann

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Manuel Heckmann

Manuel Heckmann

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Toyota is forming a $2.8-billion company for self-driving research

Mariella Moon - Engadget

Toyota's autonomous vehicle dreams are too big to contain, so it's establishing a new company to speed up its technology's development: the Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development or TRI-AD.

German researchers to develop 'driving license' for autonomous vehicle algorithms

Adam Frost - Traffic Technology Today

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the country’s inspection and certification organization, TÜV SÜD, are launching a joint project to certify the artificial intelligence (AI) systems used in autonomous driving.
Volvo-backed startup Zenuity is also involved in testing selfdriving cars: https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/self-driving/creating-driving-tests-for-selfdriving-cars

Kasko2Go uses military-grade tech to drive its blockchain-based car insurance

STEWART ROGERS - Venture Beat

Kasko2Go is a blockchain technology-based car insurance startup that uses "military-grade" anti-fraud detection technology to combat fraudulent claims.

How autonomous cars will benefit digital marketers

Phong Ly - Smart Brief

Autonomous vehicles will not only change the way we transport people and goods, but will also usher in a new era of digital marketing. This article explains how autonomous vehicles will open new doors for digital marketers in future.

Have you ever dreamed of flying in your car?

Theo Leggett & Matthew Wall - BBC News

Will the dream of flying cars ever become a reality?

GE Transportation joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance

Railway Technology

GE Transportation has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a trade association for blockchain education and standards development in the transport and logistics industry.

Bosch Acquires Startup SPLT to ‘Develop and Sell Mobility Services’

Emma Sandler - Autofinance News

Manufacturing automotive parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH acquired business-to-business ridesharing startup SPLT last month to form a new mobility unit that will focus on vehicle-sharing, ridesharing, and connectivity-based services.

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