Bishop Consulting supports clients internationally in research and business development within the intelligent vehicles arena.
Services are provided in partnership development, intelligent vehicle applications, industry trend analysis, and business strategy.
Clients include government agencies, public transit providers, vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, research laboratories, state DOTs, and technology firms worldwide.
BC owner Richard Bishop also lectures as an expert in intelligent vehicle systems.
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Welcome!
IVsource: the source for intelligent vehicle news. Since 1999 .... over 900 articles posted.
It's all about active safety systems for the hundreds of millions of cars and trucks on our roads -- today resulting in millions of crashes, injuries, and deaths. We're moving towards a new era in which, thanks to technologies such as on-board radar, lidar,and image processing, crashes are rare rather than commonplace.
Is it possible? Too good to be true? Read on, and decide for yourself!
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Volvo Cars and the Swedish National Road Administration Partner for Road Safety
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Volvo Car Corporation and the Swedish National Road Administration will work together to avoid or lessen the effects of road accidents. More inside...
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 08:45:09 MDT (7 reads)
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Intelligent Infrastructure Working Group Starting Up in Europe
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A new Working Group has been created in the European eSafety Forum: the eSafety Intelligent Infrastructure Working Group (IIWG). Details inside....
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 08:41:05 MDT (2 reads)
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Smartways Expanding in Japan
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The Smartway Project Advisory Committee of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) announced plans to further expand Smartways to three major metropolitan regions. More inside...
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 08:36:20 MDT (5 reads)
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NHTSA Releases IVBSS Test Reports
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Two new test reports on NHTSA’s Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems project have been released. Both “Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems Heavy-Truck On-Road Test Report” (DOT HS 811 021 August 2008) and “Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems Light-Vehicle On-Road Test Report” (DOT HS 811 020 August 2008) are now available from the National Technical Information Service. See inside for some snippets…
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 08:28:53 MDT (5 reads)
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Tax Credits for Truck Safety Systems -- Senate Bill Introduced
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Continuing a multi-year saga, another tax credit bill has been introduced in the U.S. Congress to encourage truckers to adopt active safety systems. More inside….
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 08:13:43 MDT (2 reads)
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San Diego Seeking Bids for Automated Buses
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A longtime player in the vehicle automation arena, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has just released a $5M request for proposals to implement a “Vehicle Assistance and Automation System” for converting a narrow freeway shoulder to a limited access lane for use by transit buses. The idea is to use “state-of-the-art vehicle guidance and lane-assist technology” so that automated steering keeps the bus within its lane at full speed. Hurry! 100 page proposals are due September 29. Full information is at the SANDAG website. (select the contracts tab)
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Beyond Warnings: Nissan Unveils Two World Firsts
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Earlier this month, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled an All-Around Collision Free prototype incorporating two all-new technologies – Side Collision Prevention (SCP) and Back-up Collision Prevention (BCP). Previous versions of these systems in the auto industry have been limited to warnings only – but Nissan has taken the next step to activate automated braking when needed to avoid a crash. More inside….
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Posted by adminrb on Monday, August 18 2008 @ 03:48:48 MDT (21 reads)
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Cars that Talk: Commission Earmarks 5.9 GHz For Safety and Efficiency
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As part of its overall fight against road accidents and traffic jams, the European Commission has taken the long-anticipated step of allocating 30 MHz of spectrum for smart vehicle communications systems (so called co-operative systems). Yeah --- this is big news! More inside....
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Posted by adminrb on Monday, August 18 2008 @ 03:46:30 MDT (11 reads)
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Mandates for Active Safety in the Works in Europe
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The European Commission has proposed that several key active safety systems become mandatory on cars and large trucks within the coming years. Why? They estimate thousands of lives saved yearly. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Monday, August 18 2008 @ 03:37:31 MDT (12 reads)
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Continental and Opel Moving To “Always On” in New Field Trials
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Major players in the car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications game have started a new round of testing in the German state of Hesse. A consortium of Adam Opel AG, supplier Continental AG and traffic management system vendor Dambach Werke GmbH will conduct field trials using WLAN-based communication systems to generate vehicle probe data and modify traffic management systems accordingly, as well as warn drivers of hazards. More inside...
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Posted by adminrb on Monday, August 18 2008 @ 03:34:15 MDT (9 reads)
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Mercedes-Benz to introduce Attention Assist in 2009
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Driver fatigue monitoring is coming into its own, with Mercedes joining Volvo and others in monitoring driver’s patterns of operating the vehicle to assess over-tiredness. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Monday, August 18 2008 @ 03:32:15 MDT (15 reads)
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Active Safety Hits the Bigtime with NHTSA's Five Star Safety Rating Program
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Consumers will have better, more complete safety information about the vehicles they want to purchase under a new plan to improve the U.S. federal government’s automobile crash tests and strengthen its five-star vehicle safety rating system – with additional “credit” being given for active safety systems. More inside…..
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Posted by adminrb on Wednesday, August 13 2008 @ 19:40:08 MDT (10 reads)
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Continental Produces the First Accelerator Pedal that Communicates
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Continental's Accelerator Force Feedback Pedal reaches market production for the first time – and aims at significantly reducing the number of accidents. More inside...
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, August 12 2008 @ 18:27:21 MDT (16 reads)
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PReVENT Final Report Published
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As probably the most significant publicly-funded active safety R&D project this decade, the Euorpean PReVENT Integrated Project addressed the full range of next generation collision avoidance -- including forward collision mitigation, lane change assist, lane keeping, curve speed warning, pedestrian detection, intersection collision avoidance, and cooperative warnings via wireless communications.
The 200 page final report is now available at the PReVENT website.
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European Parliament Says Yes to Intelligent Cars
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The European Parliament has voted in favor of a report 'Intelligent Cars' based on the European Commission’s Intelligent Car Initiative. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Wednesday, July 30 2008 @ 09:06:49 MDT (20 reads)
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“No One Killed or Injured in a Volvo”
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We live with a paradox on the roads – we both love our cars and know we can die in them. Or kill someone else. Volvo Cars has something to say on the matter -- their latest Sustainability Report takes an ambitious safety stance. More inside….
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Posted by adminrb on Wednesday, July 30 2008 @ 08:52:41 MDT (15 reads)
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ROBOSOFT Delivers Autonomous GPS Guided Vehicles to Vulcania
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A new era has arrived! Autonomy based only on GPS guidance. See inside….
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Posted by adminrb on Wednesday, July 23 2008 @ 20:22:15 MDT (20 reads)
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Toyota Selling New Active Safety Features
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We hear that Toyota is now selling cars with drowsy driver monitoring and intersection safety support. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Wednesday, July 23 2008 @ 19:18:07 MDT (27 reads)
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EuroFOT Launched to Test Active Safety on the Roads
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Supported by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme of Information Society Technologies, the euroFOT integrated project has officially been launched. Led by Ford, the project involves 28 partners, including major European vehicle manufacturers as well as leading automotive technology suppliers and research institutes, which will work together over a period of 40 months. The partners will conduct European-wide vehicle field tests, to assess the impact of eight advanced driver assistance and preventive safety functions in real traffic conditions. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Sunday, June 29 2008 @ 05:11:31 MDT (43 reads)
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Paniati Named FHWA Executive Director
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A longtime veteran of ITS development and an early advocate of Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII) now holds the top civil service post within the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Sunday, June 29 2008 @ 05:09:12 MDT (26 reads)
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Coming Soon to a Vehicle Near You: .car
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Telematics service provider ATX wants the industry to get behind a new .car domain name. With all the talk about Conneccted Vehicles, it's about time, eh? More inside....
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Posted by adminrb on Sunday, June 29 2008 @ 04:56:20 MDT (34 reads)
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Honda Opening Up Probe Data to the Masses
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Honda has announced they will provide probe data to the general public through the internet, giving recommended routes and departure times based on their congestion prediction technology. More inside…
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Posted by adminrb on Sunday, June 29 2008 @ 04:41:36 MDT (34 reads)
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IVBSS Phase I Interim Report Available
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USDOT’s Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) project Phase I Interim Report is now available. More reports will be released in July. See inside for details….
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Posted by adminrb on Sunday, June 29 2008 @ 04:28:21 MDT (33 reads)
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Lancia Delta the Latest to Load Up on Active Safety
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Fiat has introduced the new Lancia Delta – they call it “a significant step forward in the field of technological innovation applied to driving dynamics, safety and travelling comfort.” Including some cutting-edge active safety systems and telematics. More inside….
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Posted by adminrb on Tuesday, June 24 2008 @ 09:35:17 MDT (38 reads)
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innovITS – ADVANCE Center Opening in UK
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The ‘innovITS – ADVANCE’ research and development center seeks to enable customers from the telecommunications, automotive and electronics industries, as well as highways authorities and operators, to develop, test and validate future transport technologies in a safe highly controlled environment. Cooperative vehicle-highway systems are one focus. More inside….
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Posted by adminrb on Thursday, June 12 2008 @ 15:14:55 MDT (28 reads)
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