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TECHNO<br />
KARSAN E-ATAK IN AUTONOMOUS VERSION LAUNCHED IN NORWAY<br />
Built for the next level<br />
LEVEL 4 AUTONOMY THANKS TO ADASTEC SOFTWARE<br />
An electric midibus with Level<br />
4 autonomy is operating between<br />
Norwegian fjords. The vehicle has<br />
been provided by Karsan, the protagonist,<br />
together with the transport<br />
authority Kolumbus, of a pilot<br />
project that marks a real milestone.<br />
It is in fact the first driverless bus<br />
in circulation in the Old Continent<br />
(if we do not take into account the<br />
shuttles developed by players such<br />
as the French Navya).<br />
The Karsan e-Atak is turned into a<br />
driverless vehicle by the ‘Flowride.<br />
ai Level-4’ automated driving software<br />
platform developed by tech<br />
company Adastec. It has been running<br />
since spring in the picturesque<br />
city of Stavanger, on a 2.5-kilometre<br />
route through the city centre, open<br />
to regular traffic. Capable of travelling<br />
without a driver on a planned<br />
route, the vehicle is able to reach<br />
50 km/h in all weather conditions.<br />
This means the vehicle is capable<br />
of autonomously performing tasks such as stopping at stops on the route,<br />
managing the boarding of passengers, crossing roundabouts and junctions.<br />
All this thanks to an artificial intelligence system that uses LiDAR sensors<br />
placed in several places on the vehicle’s body, combined with thermal-imaging<br />
cameras. Adastec’s software combines such information with HD maps.<br />
With a stated range of 300 km, the 8.3 metre long Autonomous e-Atak<br />
can transport 52 passengers (even though, with respect to the autonomous<br />
version, just seated passengers are allowed and this reduces maximum capacity<br />
to 21 people).<br />
The vehicle is equipped with an<br />
artificial intelligence system that<br />
uses LiDAR sensors placed in<br />
several places on the vehicle’s<br />
body, combined with thermalimaging<br />
cameras. Adastec’s<br />
software combines such<br />
information with HD maps.<br />
10<br />
LFP BATTERIES FROM SOLARIS<br />
CATL is going to supply LFP batteries to European<br />
leading electric bus manufacturer Solaris Bus &<br />
Coach. The bus builder will benefit from Cell to Pack<br />
(CTP) technology, CATL pointed out in a press note.<br />
Already among Tesla’s suppliers, in the bus segment<br />
CATL has agreement in force with Quantron and VDL.<br />
It is today the largest battery manufacturer in the<br />
world and has plans to build a 7 million euros battery<br />
plant in Europe with capacity of 100 GWh.<br />
By removing the conventional module parts, the CTP<br />
technology increases the battery energy density and<br />
payload of the e-bus. Solaris ranked first in the zero-emission<br />
bus market in 2021 in Europe. Starting<br />
co-operation with CATL, Solaris will extend its offer by<br />
new battery solutions available in its vehicles. At the<br />
moment, the manufacturer offers two battery options:<br />
NMC-based modules Solaris High Energy for overnight<br />
vehicles and LTO modules (under the domain Solaris<br />
High Power) for buses equipped with pantograph. It<br />
is unclear whether CATL LFP batteries will be a third<br />
choice or will be replacing other options.<br />
“This co-operation will extend CATL’s global commercial<br />
vehicle electrification network and accelerate the<br />
electrification transition of commercial vehicles worldwide,<br />
thus contributing to the global drive for e-mobility<br />
and carbon neutrality”, the Chinese suppliers adds.<br />
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