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Wireless charging of EV’s is developed in Finland
DESTIA AND ELECTREON START COLLABORATION IN FINLAND Destia, a leading provider of charging infrastructure services in Finland, and Electreon, an Israel-based wireless charging technology provider, will be showcasing wireless charging for electric vehicles in Vantaa, Finland. The companies will be testing the solution in preparation of potentially integrating Electreon’s technology into Destia’s electric charging solution. Read more
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Awake.AI has launched Voyage Event API
The Finnish smart ports pioneer Awake.AI has launched a new service, Voyage Event API, that provides automated messages when vessels enter or exit user-defined areas. The Event API service provides actual time event information and notifies about the vessel arrival times to various areas during port calls (e.g. pilot boarding places and berths). The service Read more
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Espoo robot bus experiments pave the way for automated road transport
Robot buses that will slash public transport costs may cruise around the streets of Espoo among other traffic in about 2030, predicts a recent report on robot buses. In autumn 2021, there were as many as three ongoing projects related to robot buses in Espoo. One of them was a service description of a robot Read more
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New technology helps recognise risky situations in Helsinki
Nodeon Finland piloted new technology to analyse traffic and improve traffic safety. The technology is based on LIDAR and AI. During the pilot, a traffic census with an accuracy of over 95 per cent was achieved and developmental leaps were taken towards a C-ITS solution that improves traffic safety. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is Read more
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VTT to develop the future of aviation
VTT joins the EU’s SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking as a founding member. The objective is to modernise and digitalise the use and management of European airspace and to enable innovations of the new generation of aviation, such as inspection and delivery drones, electric aircrafts and air taxis. VTT has been invited to the public-private-partnership community, Read more
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History of MaaS
How one man’s idea started a revolution in the mobility industry The concept of mobility-as-a-Service was invented in Finland, and with the help of open-minded people ranging from politicians to various transport service providers and city officials the country provided a perfect test base for MaaS to develop and spread across the globe. Mobility-as-a-Service is Read more
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Telia and Skånetrafiken bring express payment to Scandinavia
Bus passengers, in the region of Skåne in southern Sweden, can now pay for their trip without using a physical ticket, cash or card. Together with Telia and the technology company Ridango, Skånetrafiken launches Express Mode for Apple Pay. “We are proud to be part of Skånetrafiken’s ongoing efforts of innovating to make public transport Read more
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Using data to control traffic emissions in Vaasa
The City of Vaasa aims to reach carbon neutrality by the end of the 2020s. The target is tough – carbon emissions must be cut considerably and rapidly. With the recently launched Vaasa Traffic 202x project, the City of Vaasa, in collaboration with Ramboll, is developing a new tool to support climate management. The Vaasa Read more
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Port app that collates schedule data heading towards international cooperation
Did you know that a flurry of activity starts around a ship as soon as it arrives in port? Cargo is loaded and unloaded, any required maintenance work is carried out, and the ship’s basic needs – such as waste management, fuel and provisions – are taken care of. For passenger ships, the disembarking of Read more
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Mobility innovation and development center CEVT partners up with Kaira Clan in Oulu, Finland
Since the middle of 2018, CEVT (China Euro Vehicle Technology AB) has been active in the vibrant start-up ecosystem of Oulu. At the beginning of 2020, a test-car was dispatched in Oulu to increase the possibilities to collaborate and recently the test-car has been upgraded and CEVT will now take the next step. Up until Read more