A safety driver will always be inside the shuttle.
Ford Motor said today it is starting an autonomous fresh food delivery pilot. It is expected to bring 10,000 pounds of fresh food to ‘mobility challenged’ senior citizens in Southwest Detroit. The service uses a low-speed autonomous shuttle running along a fixed route in the Michigan Central area where Ford is researching mobility.
The six-month pilot will use a low-speed autonomous shuttle operated by the Ford future tech autonomous vehicle team and Quantum Signal AI, a wholly owned Ford subsidiary. It will run between the Southwest Detroit Ford Resource and Engagement Center, where bags will be loaded, then taken to Rio Vista, where groceries will be distributed to participating residents. Continue reading
Hazel Chapman Co-Founder of Lotus Dead at 94
Hazel and Colin Chapman married in 1954.
Lotus on behalf of the Lotus community said today it is saddened to learn that Hazel Chapman, the wife of Colin Chapman and co-founder of Lotus, has died aged 94.
“Her contribution to motorsport and the motor industry in the latter half of the 20th century should not be under-estimated. She was a successful racing driver, a shrewd businesswoman and the rock upon which the Lotus foundations – since 1948, when the very first Lotus car was made – were built. Her involvement in the development of the Lotus business was almost without equal at the time, in a world where women so often played second fiddle to their husbands,” said Lotus. Continue reading →