Transportation

1st November 2021

Measuring vehicle emissions to analyse air quality: the Air Quality Platform

Measuring vehicle emissions to analyse air quality: the Air Quality Platform

Air quality is an issue for countless people, particularly those living in urban areas, and climate change is an issue for everyone. In the fight against the pollutants behind these issues, information is essential.

In collaboration with ESA and AWS, Darwin has been working on the Air Quality Unit, a device that measures the pollutants emitted by vehicles, and the Air Quality Platform, an online platform that gathers and processes this information. We spoke to Darwin’s CEO, Milos Petrovic, about how this air quality analysis works and why it matters.

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19th October 2021

How does LiDAR work?

How does LiDAR work?

We talk a lot about autonomous vehicles at Darwin; they’re a fascinating subject, after all. In our posts about autonomy levels and autonomous convoys, though, we haven’t addressed one of the most interesting autonomy questions: how do autonomous vehicles work?

This is a broad topic, so it makes sense to take it one step at a time. In today’s post, we’re going to talk about LiDAR sensors, and how self-driving cars use them to make sense of their surroundings.

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21st September 2021

Autonomous convoys: the future of the road?

Autonomous convoys: the future of the road?

We’ve touched on the subject of autonomous vehicle convoys a couple of times in previous articles. Convoying is a broad topic that’s brimming with possibility, though, so it’s worth taking a more in-depth look at it. In today’s post, we’re talking about the possibilities of autonomous vehicle convoys.

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7th September 2021

The history and future of vehicle insurance

The history and future of vehicle insurance

Car insurance became compulsory in the UK close to a century ago, but it’s undergone many changes since then. New laws have been introduced, old ones have been altered, and the way uninsured vehicles are found has changed. In the near future, we’re likely to see even more changes as autonomous vehicles take to our roads.

In this article, we’re taking a quick look at some of the ways vehicle insurance has changed over the years, and at how it’s changing today.

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2nd September 2021

Aviva and Darwin announce the registration of a passenger shuttle designed for use in an autonomous vehicle trial

Aviva and Darwin announce the registration of a passenger shuttle designed for use in an autonomous vehicle trial

Aviva and Darwin have announced a milestone in their five-year strategic partnership with the registration of a passenger shuttle for use in autonomous vehicle trials. The shuttle, created by Navya, will be used to demonstrate the potential of self-driving cars and gather information about their operation.

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