Advanced Transportation Technology News articles from April 2001

Advanced Transportation Technology News archives from April 2001

Three Parameters Compare Tires.(Siemans Automotive SmarTire)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Siemens Automotive (2400 Executive Hills Dr., Auburn Hills, MI; 48328; Tel: 248/209-5826, Fax: 248/253-2700; Email: brad. warner@ at. siemens.com, Website: siemensauto.com) demonstrated its tire monitoring system at the recent Society of...

Delphi Enters Market Online.(Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Delphi Automotive (5725 Delphi Dr.; Troy, MI 48098-28; Tel: 248/813-2000, Fax: 248/813-2670; Email: mbeach@mail.delcoelect.com, Website: delphiauto.com) has been announcing or introducing technologies designed to increase commuter productivity...

Talking Car Arrives Safely.(Siemans Car Kit Professional Voice II)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Siemens Information and Communication Mobile (IC Mobile) has released its Car Kit Professional Voice II in Europe. The kit is designed to control phones using voice control and speech to text technology. The system is another product designed...

Rolling Along, Generating Power.(TM4 E-Wheel)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... TM4 (575, Le Breton, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada J4G 1R9; Tel: 450/674-2030, Fax: 450/674-2017; Website: tech-m4.com) has created an electric drive system called E-Wheel that can control and generate power from the rotation of the wheels. The...

Cameras Control Headlights.(SmartBeam)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Visibility at night is immensely enhanced by the use of high beam headlights; however, many drivers don't use the lights, at all. Gentex Corporation (600 N. Centennial St., Zeeland, MI 49464; Tel: 616/772-1800, Fax: 616/772-7348; Website:...

Tiny Tubes Strengthen Coatings.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Northwestern University professor Laurence D. Marks (633 Clark St., Evanston, IL 60208; Tel: 847/ 491-3996; Email: l-marks@ northwestern.edu) and Erman Bengu, a research engineer at Intel Corporation (San Francisco, CA) have imaged and analyzed...

Future Cars May Be Biodegradable.(HAAS develops new material)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... HAAS GmbH (Rosenstrasse 2-D91244 Reichenschwand; Tel: 248-705-6967, Fax: 517-732-4414; Email: haasgroup@voyager.net, Website: haas-kunststoff.com) has developed a new material called Granubi that it hopes will be used in future vehicles. ...

Andrew Antennas Adorn Jags.(Jaquars)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Jaguar will include four antennas made by Andrew Corporation (10500 W 153rd St., Orland Park, IL 60462; Tel: 708/349-5661, Fax: 708-349-5222; Email: greta.brown@andrew.com, Website: andrew.com) on the new Jaguar X Type sedan. The X Type will...

Remote Black Box Monitoring.(in-flight safety monitoring system)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Star Navigation Systems Inc. (Toronto, Canada; Tel: 416/252-2889, Fax: 416/252-3963; Email: info@star-navigation.com, Website: star-navigation.com) is developing an in-flight safety monitoring system (ISMS). The technology transmits data from...

E9-1-1 Goes Live in Canada.(Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (1250 Rene-Levesque Blvd., W., Ste 400, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4W8, Canada; Tel: 514/937-0102, ext. 7541; Email: francois.perreault@microcell.ca, Website: microcell. ca) will deploy Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1...

511 Service Hits a Snag.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Verizon Wireless (Tel: 425/603-7427; Website: verizonwireless.com), Sprint PCS (P.O. Box 11315, Kansas City, MO 64112; Tel: 913/624-3000, Fax: 913/624-3281), Qwest International Corporation (700 Qwest Tower 555 Seventeenth St., Denver, CO...

AZTech Looks to Third Phase.(The AZTech ITS Model Deployment Initiative)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The AZTech ITS Model Deployment Initiative is soliciting proposals for advanced traveler information services in addition to or as an extension of the first and second phases of AZTech traveler information services. AZTech Phase I and...

Traffic.com Signs Up More Stations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Traffic.com (Chesterbrook Corporate Ctr., 640 Lee Rd., Ste 300, Wayne, PA 19087; Tel: 610/407 4976; Email: gkolton@traffic.com, Website: traffic.com) has ex ecuted a two-year agreement with EMMIS Communications (40 Monument Circle, Ste. 700,...

Motorola and Dominos Deliver on Wireless.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Motorola Inc. (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumburg, IL 60196; Tel: 847/523-6665; Email: sue.frederick@motorola.com), Domino's Pizza (P.O. Box 997, Ann Arbor, MI 48106; Tel: 734/930 3030; Email: mcintyt@dominos. com), and Verizon...

Denso Launches in Japan.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Denso Corporation(1-1, Showa-cho, Kariya, Aichi 448-8661, Japan; Tel: 0566/25-5511; Website: denso.co.jp/GUIDE/index-e.html), the parent company of Denso International America(24777 Denso Dr., Southfield, MI 48086), plans to launch a new...

Telcontar Mines for Wingcast.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Telcontar, (Four N. Second St., Ste. 1225, San Jose, CA 95113; Tel: 415/533-2720; Email: cstevenson@telcontar.com, Website: telcontar.com) a private company, has received $23.6 million in additional funding from a variety of its investors, led...

Motorola, Elmos Join Forces.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Motorola (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumburg, IL 60196; Tel: 512/895-2085, Fax: 512/895-4614; Email: starlyn. aurit@motorola.com) and Elmos Semiconductor AG (Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 1, 44227 Dortmund; Tel: 49/231-75-490, Fax:...

SeatSentry Occupant Sensing System.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... NEC (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143-1248; Website: nectech.com/auto) offers a seat sensing system using electric field (EF) that controls whether or not a side air bag will deploy. Front deploying airbags represent an...

New Truck Safety System Deployed.(Safe Transportation Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Safe Transportation Systems, Inc. (3871 Airport Way, Bellingham, WA, 98226; Tel: 877/787-2500; Website: sts2500.com) has signed an agreement with hazardous materials hauler Northwest Tank Lines Inc. (NTL) (Langley, British Columbia). All NTL's...

Drivers Can Test Vision at Home.(Safe Transportation Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Nobody likes to go to the department of motor vehicles (DMV) and wait in the lines when renewing a license. Vision tests are one cause for delay in states that require them. With the aging baby boom generation, the need for vision testing by...

Next Bus Arrival Predicted.(NextBus Information Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Transit professionals believe that bus usage would increase if the services were more convenient for the public. Waiting on the side of the road for a bus appeals to no one, so methods to limit passenger wait time are needed. NextBus...

Another Alliance Forms.(At Road Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... @Road (47200 Bayside Pkwy., Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 877/429 7623, Fax: 510/870-1444; Website: atroad.com) has signed a distribution agreement with PHH Arval (Hunt Valley, MD, 21030-1337; Tel: 410/771-1900), a subsidiary of Cendant. Under the...

Another Platform Located.(Televigation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Televigation (265 Santa Ana Ct., Sunnyvale, CA 94085-4511; Tel: 408/245-0196; Fax: 408/245-0238; Website: televigation.com) has announced the availability of X-Nav, a wireless navigation software platform. The company wants developers to use...

LoJack Bursts into South America.(Aeris.Net Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Aeris.net will provide its MicroBurst service to Car Security, a LoJack licensee in Argentina. The service will be part of Car Security's commercial vehicle tracking services. Car Security will offer vehicle and truck tracking, along with other...

Radio Computer Gets Extreme.(Symbol Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Symbol Technologies has launched a new series of vehicle radio computers, called VRC 7900. The units were specifically engineered for use within the harsh conditions of distribution centers and factories. The VRCs use the Microsoft Windows...

Another Platform Offered.(Motorola Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Mobile wireless access is considered a huge future market, and one that currently has no recognized standard platform. Motorola, Inc. (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumburg, IL 60196; Tel: 847/576. 7089; Email:...

Managing Fleet Expenses.(Transentric and Snyder Equipment Co.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Transentric and Snyder Equipment Co. will jointly sell a new fuel management system called FuelHawk. Intended for the railroad locomotive market, the system is designed to record and control all aspects of petroleum and commodity handling for...

Eaton Sells to Delphi.(Eaton Corp. Airflex Div.; Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Eaton Corporation (1111 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114; Tel: 216/523-5000, Fax: 216/523-4787) has sold its automotive vehicle switch/electronics division(VS/ED) to Delphi Automotive Systems (5725 Delphi Dr., Troy, MI 48098; Tel:...

L&H Bankruptcy Continues.(Lemout and Hauspie Speech Products N.V.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Lemout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. (L&H) (Flanders Language Valley 50, 8900, Leper, Belgium; Tel: 325/722-8888; Fax: 325/720-8489; Website: lhsl.com) announced that the U.S. Bank ruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has denied the...

IRD Wins Contract in Virginia.(International Road Dynamics Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... International Road Dynamics Inc. (IRD) (702 43rd St., E. Saskatoon, SK S7K 3T9, Canada; Tel: 303/653-6600, Fax: 306/653-6609; Email: irdir@irdinc.com) has received a $3.0 million contract from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT,...

Simula Restructures Its Operations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Simula, Inc. (2700 N. Central Ave., Ste 1000, Phoenix, AZ 85004; Tel: 602/631-4005, Fax: 602/631-9005; Website: simula.com) has completed a company-wide reduction in workforce as part of its ongoing restructuring. The reduction represents about...

Robert Bosch GmbH.(Quickturn Design Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... * The semiconductor division at Robert Bosch GmbH (Postfach 10 60 50, D-70049 Stuttgart, Germany; Tel: 49/7121-35-1628; Website: bosch.de) selected Quickturn's (55 W. Trimble Rd., San Jose, CA 95131-1013; Tel: 408-914-6000, Fax: 408-914-6001;...

Track Communications, Inc.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... * @Track Communications, Inc. (16479 Dallas Pkwy., Ste. 710, Dallas, TX 75248; Tel: 972/301-2283; Website: at-track.com) reported financial results for the 2000 fourth quarter and year. Total revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31,...

Mobile Aria.(Michael Orr)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... MobileAria announced the appointment of Michael Orr as chief executive officer (CEO). As CEO, Orr will position MobileAria within the voice and data auto motive service market. Mobile Aria's focus is on voice activation and control, which it...

Nestor, Inc.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Nestor, Inc. (One Richmond Sq., Providence, RI 02906; Tel: 401/ 331-9640, Fax: 401/331-7319; Website: nestor.com) reported revenues of $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, a decrease of 28% compared to revenues of $5.1 million in...

SmarTire Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... SmarTire Systems Inc. (155 Wilbur Dr., N.E., North Canton, OH 44720; Tel 330/497-0928; Fax 330/497-0958; Tel: 800/982-2001; Email: public-relations@ smartire.com, Website: smartire.com) reported a net loss of $2.1 million Canadian or $0.14 per...

Stock Table.(Illustration)
April 1, 2001... Stock Table (At Close--March 1, 2001) This Last Company Exchange Symbol Month Month Change Amerigon (NASDAQ) ARGN 2.38 2.75 (0.37) Delphi (NYSE) DPH 14.16...

European Market Expected to Expand.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The adoption of telematics systems by original equipment makers (OEMs) will expand the market growth in Europe. A new study by the Strategis Group (225 Marsh Wall, London E14 9FW, U.K.; Tel: 44/207-363-5600, Fax: 44/207-363-5610; Email:...