Purpose

Provide safe, sustainable and affordable solutions to serve the mobility needs of our urbanizing world

Problem: Cities face new challenges

Current solutions:

Taxes and charges

Fuel, vehicle, emission taxes

Congestion and parking charges

Subsidies

Alternative fuels and infrastructure

Alternative fuels vehicles

Public transport

Bans

Conventional vehicles in city centers

By 2050, 70% of the world population will live in cities

Current transport systems relying heavily on conventional cars, can not sustainably support that growth.

Urban areas are experiencing pollution, congestion, noise and waste of public real estate.

Cities face increased demand for mobility as population grows.

Current solutions:

Problem: Operators face new challenges

Rigid and costly systems

Bus fixed lines

Bus rapid transit

Metro and tram lines

Subsidies

Infrastructure

Consumer fares

Economic limitations from an infrastructure investment as well as an operational profitability perspective.

Challenges to increase or even maintain the level and quality of service to their customers.

Fixed schedules and mass transport modes to provide mobility to the largest number of the population have limitations.

Current solutions:

Problem: Consumers are stuck in traffic and pollution

Non motorized

Limited range

Public transport

Rigid

Inefficient

Car

Expensive

Dangerous

Polluting

Waste of time

Customers have a diverse behaviors towards mobility.

Because high ownership costs, traffic and scarce parking, consumers are willing to move away from car ownership when given a convenient alternative. Even though new mobility models are emerging, those alternatives are not yet convenient enough.

A large volume of trips are made with personally owned vehicles with low occupancy rate leading to congestion and pollution.

75% of journeys are characterised by pain-points.

Mobility: The solution is shared, sustainable and autonomous

Driverless

Autonomous vehicles means less death on the roads as well

as safer, affordable and efficient mobility

Shared vehicles and rides

Less vehicles means less congestion, emissions, pollution and translates

into affordable mobility

Sustainable

Electric, lightweight, upgradable, recyclable vehicles

means less pollution and emissions

Welcome to the Mobility Revolution

Self-optimized sustainable autonomous vehicle system

AWESOME stands for Autonomous Wide-application Eco-friendly Smart Open Micro-manufactured Efficient System

AWESOME Impact

Enabling new business models for:

Fleet operatorsPublic transport operators

Municipalities and communities

Use cases: Impact scenarios

Extension

Densification

Substitution

Sustainable mobility for the smart city

Increased efficiency for public transport operators

Opportunity for new fleet operators

Convenient and enhanced experience for the user

Product: The AWESOME System 4 pillars

Back end interface

ServicesVehicles Front end interface

First vehicle: Edgar08 - Autonomous upgradable smart minibus for 8 people

Edgar08: Beautiful and sustainable

Edgar08: Smart and accessible

Dynamic trip planning: Autonomous self re-routing according to real time traffic

Machine learning optimization: Autonomous self dispatch according to historical data

Front end interface: Mobile enabled

Integration of various payment mode

Billing Interface

Multi-Modal Trip-PlanningOn-Demand or Pre-Defined route

RegistrationService optimization based on usage patterns

TicketingIntegration of existing ticketing schemes

Back end interface: Management software package

Vehicle Supervision

Fleet Management

Maintenance Planning

Fleet Sizing

System integrations

Ticketing

Billing

Other modes of transportation

Route Optimization

Load Balancing

Recharging

Vehicle Monitoring, incl. emergency handling

AWESOME Services: Turnkey solution

That includes up-to-date, safe and reliable software and emergency services.

Upgrades

The world is dynamic, so is the system. From fleet mix extension to vehicles upgrades, you are covered.

Project Scoping and fleet commissioningWe dive into your application to provide fleet sizing and define the vehicle specifications. We then setup the operation.

Fleet Operation

We handle fleet operation and vehicles maintenance and provide peace of mind.

We check, inspect and test every operational component and validate the system.

You are not locked in a rigid configuration or into infrastructure and investments.

Operation timeline

Scoping and operations studyNetwork study, on site reconnaissance, social data gathering.Application definition: Number of vehicles, support team and resources.Full project plan with deliverables, milestones, timing, budget and integration.

Deliverable: Demand validation, operation sizing recommendation and impact report. (Operational costs benefits, service level, exposure, …)

Scope4 to 6 weeks

Operation timeline

Site prep, integration and testingOperational setup, vehicle maintenance location prep, system integration with other modes of transport (operator system integration or city network integration), human machine interface setup, control center setup, vehicles delivery and testing, system validation. (Certification if required)

Deliverable: Operational validated system

Prep1 to 3 months

Operation timeline

Pilot operationDaily operations of the pilot per the concept of operations. Data collection, analysis and reporting. Iterations within scope.

Deliverable: Pilot operation report, scaling recommendation.

Pilot3 to 6 months

Operation timeline

Scaling the operation:Expansion in scope and/or scale.

Deliverable: Increased service level, increased efficiency, saving.

ScaleOngoing

Operations setup

Control CenterRemote fleet supervision and managementIntegrated with existing traffic management systemOperator to vehicle ratio determination

Launch of operationsRaise awareness (communication campaign)On-boarding of ridersDemonstrate safety, reliability and efficiency via pilot

Emergency and safety managementRedundant Systems:

In vehicle (overlapping sensors, standard and emergency braking) Off vehicle (remote managed, emergency services integration)

SOPs and trained on-duty team

Maintenance and upgradesScheduled maintenanceVehicle upgrades

System expansion: The Edgar08 is the first of many vehicle types

New vehicles will enhance the system

System upgrades: Vehicles variances - Edgar Cargo (Logistics application)

Are automated vehicles safe?Yes, AVs have multiple sensors continuously scanning the environment to detect, identify and avoid obstacles. AVs don’t get distracted. They have reaction times faster than a human and have backup safety systems. How does an autonomous vehicle avoid an obstacle? How does it avoid a child running across the street?AVs use overlapping sensors like RADAR, LIDAR and cameras to detect objects in their path. These sensors see “everything” within a 200m radius. The sensors will usually see the child approaching before a human driver will. The sensors and software will identify the approaching human and adjust speed if required and prepare to stop. If there is no warning or if the child darts from a blind spot - the AV will have a nearly instantaneous emergency stop about 10x faster than a typical human response.

Is it legal? Are automated vehicle operations allowed? Yes, private property like airports, universities, planned communities have the authority to allow AVs. Public authorities are also allowing limited or supervised operation on public roadways with more legislation being introduced and passed every year.

Can’t AVs be hacked?AVs may be hacked, but the key is to keep the safety critical applications off-line and therefore isolated from hackers.

Who is liable if there is an accident? How does insurance work?Manufacturers of AVs assume the liability of tech failures that result in accidents. The manufacturers will carry liability insurance to manage the risk.

How is a system certified?Currently AV certification is a combination of automotive certification standards and automated machine certification. There are a few agencies providing 3rd party certification of AVs and LM works with them, insurance companies and the regulators to ensure the safety of the AWESOME system.

FAQs about Autonomous Vehicles (AVs are self driving vehicles)

Pricing models

A la carte

VehiclesEdgar08EdgarCargo (2017)...

Software licenses and vehicle maintenance: Per month fee

Integrations: Public transport API integration

Fleet service model:

Per vehicle monthly feeMinimum contract duration

Mobility on demand

Consumer offering (2017)Per month subscription or Pay per ride

Local Motors model: 5x Faster and 100x Less Cost

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