Wallerfangen, 24 September 2020 ITS Research Group (FGVT) of the Saarland University of Applied Sciences – htw saar has begun field tests within the EM:POWER project. On Thursday, 24 September 2020, the Toyota Mirai was handed over to the first participant of the field tests in Wallerfangen. EM:POWER is exploring Read more
July 1 , 2020 FlowPro is a new project supported by German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (research initiative mFUND), launched on July 1, 2020. The objective of the project is to connect transport units on the ground and in the air via artificial intelligence into one intelligent Read more
Online, 21 April 2020 FGVT stays connected and attends virtual events, such as Intertraffic Webinar “Changing modes in post-Corona times”. Intertraffic is a global platform for traffic and transport sector, whose mission is “speeding up the mobility transition”. Intertraffic events are organized yearly in different parts of the world. This Read more
Versailles, 6 February 2020 In the first week of February, Eugenia Rykova from the ITS Research Group (FGVT) of the Saarland University of Applied Sciences (htw saar) attended the Final Event of a large-scale three-year international project “Automated driving Progressed by Internet Of Things” (AUTOPILOT). The event was hosted by Read more
Saarbrücken, February 05, 2020 The FGVT is now testing the Toyota Mirai (fuel consumption hydrogen combined 0.76 kg/100 km; power consumption combined 0 kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions combined 0 g/km). Within the framework of its research project “EM:POWER” (ElektroMobilität: POtenziale durch Wasserstoff ERleben), the university is investigating the everyday suitability Read more
Berlin, 5-6 December 2019 At the beginning of December, Florian Petry and Eugenia Rykova from the ITS Research Group (FGVT) of the Saarland University of Applied Sciences (htw saar) attended the first Symposium on “Research and Technology for Autonomous Driving”. The event was organized by the Federal Ministries of Economics Read more
Helsinki/Finland, 05th November 2019 Part of the TERMINAL team is currently visiting the Finnish Metropolia University for Applied Sciences in Helsinki. The group travelled to exchange experiences with Oscar Nissen, Director Innovation Hub Smart Mobility, Metropolia AUS, because three autonomous buses are already being tested there in the Sohjoa project: Read more
Saarbrücken, 01.10.2019 EM:POWER is a basic and application-oriented pilot project for the everyday use of a hydrogen-based electric vehicle in rural areas. The subjects of the field test are acceptance factors and real-time driving profile data of e-vehicles for data fusion with user experiences and for visualization of CO2 savings Read more
Today, a meeting between representatives of the city of Merzig, htw saar, and the Toyota Mobility Foundation, represented by Mr. Shin Aoyama, President of TMF, and Andy Fuchs, General Manager for Germany, took place at the project office of the test field in Merzig.During this meeting an exchange took place Read more
Schengen, 09.08.2019 The cross border trinational German-French-Luxembourg test field for automated and connected driving is a good example of a future-oriented project between the three neighbouring countries Germany, Luxembourg and France. The test field addresses complex cross border connectivity and enables research institutions and private companies to test innovative technologies. Read more
