{"id":15455,"date":"2019-12-17T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":" https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/?p=15455"},"modified":"2019-12-17T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T05:39:16","slug":"project-qatar-mobility-self-driving-shuttles-set-to-take-dohas-local-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/project-qatar-mobility-self-driving-shuttles-set-to-take-dohas-local-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Project Qatar Mobility&#8217;: Self-Driving shuttles set to take Doha&#8217;s local public transport."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><strong>Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Volkswagen AG announce \npioneering autonomous, electric transport initiative to transform urban \nmobility in Qatar<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Prototypes of ID. BUZZ<sup>1<\/sup> AD shuttles from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and of Scania buses to operate on a self-driving system with zero emissions<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>MOIA ride hailing app is used to run the service, AID delivers self-driving system (SDS) knowledge<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Autonomous Driving Roadmap pulled forward<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannover\/Doha\u2013 For the first time ever a  cutting-edge fleet of self-driving Level 4 electric shuttles will usher  in a new era of urban mobility in a capital city in 2022: Earlier today  in Doha, representatives of Volkswagen AG and the Qatar Investment  Authority (QIA) signed the \u2018Project Qatar Mobility\u2019. The goal is to  develop a ground-breaking autonomous transport project and transform the  future of urban mobility to a sustainable and commercial deployment of  AD shuttles and bus services \u2013 even beyond 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fostering a cross-brand  collaboration as blueprint for future Autonomous Driving (AD)  solutions, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania, MOIA and  AID-Autonomous Intelligent Driving will play an important role in this  project. During the largest sporting event in the world, Qatar will thus  be the venue for the world\u2019s first emission-free, electric and  autonomous public transport system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement was signed by QIA CEO Mr Mansoor Al-Mahmoud and Herbert\n Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Group, at a ceremony in Doha today. The \ninitiative, which is known as \u201cProject Qatar Mobility\u201d, underlines the \nmutual commitment to both smart technologies and green transport:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QIA and Volkswagen will work together to develop the required \nphysical and digital infrastructure to seamlessly integrate a fleet of \nself-driving vehicles into Doha\u2019s existing public transport network. 35 \nautonomous, electric ID. BUZZ AD from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles \nwill shuttle up to four passengers in Westbay area on semi-fixed routes,\n while ten high-tech Scania buses pick up larger groups. Volkswagen \nGroup\u2019s units AID and MOIA will provide the SDS knowledge and the app \nsoftware to run the service. For the first time four Volkswagen Group \nbrands work together on such a project of urban mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The landmark project will create a holistic ecosystem for autonomous \ndriving, including the creation of an appropriate legal framework, smart\n city infrastructure and transfer of knowledge, which can be used as a \nblueprint to transform urban mobility, both in Qatar and beyond. Closed \ntesting of the shuttle vehicles and buses is expected to begin in 2020 \nand trials will start as early as 2021. The project will go live by the \nend of 2022, providing a technical showcase of future autonomous \ndriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herbert Diess, Chairman of Volkswagen, said: \u201cProject Qatar Mobility \nwill play a very important role in our Strategy \u2018Together 2025+\u2018. \nAddressing the economic growth, social development, and environmental \nmanagement challenges identified as part of our vision, and underlines \nour commitment to investing in next generation mobility. We will be \nexperiencing real-world learnings and use the project as a stepping \nstone \u2013 for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is  responsible for Autonomous Driving, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and  Transport as a Service (TaaS), due to the fact that first use cases are  planned in the commercial sector. In future, VWCV will therefore be  developing and producing corresponding Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV),  such as robo-taxis and robo-vans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outlining the aims of the project,  Thomas Sedran, Chairman of the Board of VWCV: \u201cUtilising the Bulli of  tomorrow with the autonomous driving system currently being developed by  AID, adding the intelligent ride pooling from MOIA and enabling it to  be booked via an app \u2013 thus beginning the future of urban transport: CO2  neutral mobility combined with SDS technology for maximum efficiency  and safety. In this way we are transporting an entire society, with all  its requirements for clean, intelligent and sustainable mobility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Volkswagen AG announce pioneering autonomous, electric transport initiative to transform urban mobility in QatarPrototypes of ID. BUZZ1 AD shuttles from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and of Scania buses to operate on a self-driving system with zero emissionsMOIA ride hailing app is used to run the service, AID delivers self-driving system (SDS) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2929,2928],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DB2019NR01281_large-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C1087&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9p2AM-41h","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}