Article by Haris Gačanin, General Chair VTC2020-Spring was originally planned to be held in Antwerpen, Belgium. However, due to the rapid development of the situation with COVID-19, this became VTS’ first virtual conference. Considering the entire situation the conference was a great success with 506 paid registrations and about 729 virtual attendees. The conference attractedRead More
By James Irvine The VTS Board of Governors met on 6 June 2017 in Sydney at VTC2017-Spring. Finances are always a major part of this second meeting of the year, since VTS is required to agree its budget for 2018 in July. The Society has had a very successful 2016, generating a surplus of overRead More
Article by Elisabeth Uhlemann The proposed rule issued in December 2016 by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) requires automakers to include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technologies in all new light-duty vehicles. The rule suggests developing standardized messaging technology together with industry that would advance the deployment of connected vehicle technologies throughout the United States. The noticeRead More
Article by Matthias Pätzold Nokia has successfully carried out the world’s first connection based on the Verizon fifth-generation (V5G) technical forum (TF) interface, which is known as the industry-agreed specification for prestandard 5G applications. The test adds another key component to the development of 5G technologies and the execution of the first 5G applications, demonstratingRead More
Article by Harvey Glickenstein At a total of 215 vehicles, the SFMTA contract is Siemens’ largest US light rail order ever. The base contract for US$648 million covers 175 vehicles. Including 85 optional additional vehicles, the total contract is for US$1.2 billion. This order will expand the SFMTA light-rail fleet by more than 70% whenRead More