Safeplatoon : driverless cars running in France in 2013

CESA 2012 partner, the cluster Véhicule du Futur backs an innovative project called Safeplatoon.
Involving the university of technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, this project aims to develop strong algorithms in order to enable driverless cars to run in real life traffic. Automated vehicles could then drive in the streets and park by themselves. The technology could be used by the automotive industry, and also for military and agriculture applications.
3D simulation will be used, thanks to Pro-Sivic platform from Paris based company Civitec, before practical tests.
Started in 2011, Safeplatoon is a 36 months project. All partners, such as LASMEA and Ligier, have already developed automated vehicles.
A showcase is scheduled in 2013 in the streets of Belfort, in the eastern part of France.

Link : http://www.vehiculedufutur.com/EN/

New partners for CESA 2012

CESA welcomes new partners with three automotive clusters (Mov’eo, Pôle Véhicule du Futur and Systematic), the national automotive platform (PFA), the french federation for electric and electronic equipements(FIEEC : Fédération des Industries Electriques, Electroniques et de Communication) and the Rhône-Alpes area.

We remind that the congress will take place on 4th and 5th December 2012 in Paris.