Delphi has been selected by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) as a partner to implement autonomous mobility concepts.
The American supplier will provide a fleet of fully- autonomous vehicles and will develop a cloud-based mobility-on-demand software (AMoD) suite.
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Delphi will conduct a trial of an urban, point-to-point, low-speed, autonomous, mobility-on-demand service in Singapore's Autonomous Vehicles Test Bed located at one-north, a business park in the western area of the city.
"We are honoured to partner with the Singapore LTA on advancing innovative mobility systems, which will put Singapore at the forefront of autonomous vehicle adoption," said Delphi president and CEO, Kevin Clark.
"This is a recognition of Delphi's safety technologies, automated software, systems integration, as well as our ability to drive these mobility solutions forward for our customers."
Delphi's AMoD development programme and autonomous vehicle demonstration is part of the Singapore Autonomous Vehicle Initiative (SAVI), which was formed in 2014 to oversee and manage autonomous vehicle (AV) research, test-bedding and the development of applications and solutions by industry partners and stakeholders.
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By GlobalDataOf particular interest to the Singapore LTA is the potential for automated driving solutions to make it easier for commuters transiting the 'first mile' and 'last mile' between a mass transit station and their home or work place. By addressing this need, the usage of the mass transit systems could increase maintains Delphi; reducing overall traffic congestion and vehicle emissions.
"As a partner in SAVI, Delphi will use a foundation of the same vehicle technologies that enabled us to successfully complete the first coast-to-coast autonomous drive of the US in 2015," said Delphi CTO, Jeff Owens.
"Developing a cloud-based software servicing capability integrated with the vehicle creates an end-to-end solution that will eventually allow our existing, and many potential new customers, the ability to enter emerging mobility markets."
Delphi says its technology solution is vehicle agnostic and can be applied in passenger cars, buses, commercial vehicles, purpose-built mobility pods and electric vehicles.
The Singapore LTA pilot programme will last for three years with plans to transition into an operational service by 2022 time-frame.
Other pilots are planned by Delphi for locations in North America and Europe in the future.
