(AOF) – Navya will present the remote supervision of a fleet of autonomous vehicles at the Autonomy Paris show to be held on March 16 & 17, 2022. In July 2020, Navya had taken a structuring step in autonomous mobility with the first level 4 operation on a closed site, i.e. the deployment of a shuttle in complete autonomy without an operator on board. Today, the company is going further with the implementation of its remote supervision system for a fleet of shuttles, a fundamental achievement for the industrialization of level 4 solutions.
“These new developments provide transport operators with the critical functionalities to remotely pilot a fleet of autonomous vehicles. They improve the availability of the service and guarantee the safety of all shuttles and their passengers. This is a milestone capital for Navya in order to launch the marketing of its level 4 solutions”, declared Sophie Desormière, Chairman of Navya’s Management Board.
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Automotive – Manufacturers: A recovering sector
The French car market has not yet recovered from the Covid. Only 141,041 passenger vehicle registrations were recorded in May, according to the Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers (CCFA). This is 27.3% below the May 2019 level.
Born in January from the merger between PSA and Fiat Chrysler, Stellantis became the leading car manufacturer in Europe in the first quarter, thus overtaking the Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc.).
A long-awaited recovery
Over the first five months of the year, cumulative registrations amounted to 723,258 for passenger cars, i.e. 22.7% less than their 2019 level, before the health crisis.
Stellantis marketed around 44,000 new vehicles in May 2021, i.e. nearly 40% less compared to May 2019. The group suffered from a lack of components, which penalizes all manufacturers in the world. Stellantis was thus unable to produce 190,000 vehicles in the first quarter and in mid-March the Volkswagen group estimated that 100,000 vehicles could not be produced.
At 36,000 units, Renault group sales in May 2021 fell 27.8% from their pre-pandemic level.
Electric cars continue to develop in France and maintain their market share at 8% in May, with 11,562 registrations.
A sector penalized by the shortage of semiconductors
This shortage is mainly linked to the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. The German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon estimates that around 2.5 million cars will not be able to be produced in the first half of 2021 worldwide. It predicts that the imbalance between supply and demand will persist and could last until 2022.
However, automotive manufacturers are not affected in the same way by this shortage of electronic components. Those who have developed close relationships with their suppliers are less affected. This is the case with Toyota. On the other hand Ford announced that its production would be reduced by 50% in the second quarter and by 1.1 million vehicles over the whole of the year.