Why Europe’s towns and cities need a long-term roadmap for automated public mobility 05/04/2023 Chronic bus driver shortages across Europe are threatening to push mobility transition goals off the road. Recent leaps in automated mobility technology could lead the way to low-marginal cost, high-frequency demand-responsive solutions. But where does this automation fit in a city’s mobility strategy and practical planning? Over the past six years, Pendel consultants have worked with more than 15 public transport planning organisations in 7 European countries to design roadmaps that set ..read more

Pendel Mobility has contributed to the European CCAM Outlook 2023, outlining the milestones to be reached before cooperative, connected, and automated mobility can enhance public transport in Europe. Pendel deployed a CCAV on live roads in the Port of Barcelona in 2022 Pendel Mobility has contributed to the European CCAM Outlook 2023, a landscape study of the current market and policy conditions for automated mobility. The Outlook addresses the primary drivers and barriers to Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) adoption within European public transport systems ..read more

How we helped our partners deploy autonomous vehicles in 2022 Pendel co-founders Christian Riester (left) and Giel Mertens (right) 2022 was the year that Pendel’s autonomous mobility service hit the road and showed public authorities and site operators what autonomous vehicles can really do On a sunny morning in May 2022, a bus drove its passengers from the car park of the Port of Barcelona’s headquarters to the doors of the offices.  It was the first journey performed by a non-human driver on a public Barcelona road since the era of horse-powered transport, and was organised, c ..read more

Why closed environments can be used as a steppingstone towards the full potential of AV    Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to shape urban life and significantly modify travel behaviors. When one thinks of AVs, it is therefore difficult not to imagine the world of tomorrow. While a driverless future might be easy to imagine, its full potential is yet to be reached.   Legal restrictions and the technological readiness level of AV limit the current capabilities of AV. While many use cases for AV are limited due to these barriers, the deployment of AV solutions in ..read more

Pendel Mobility has launched an insight guide to prepare transport planners, city authorities, site managers and private companies to become early leaders in autonomous mobility. Through this insight guide you’ll learn everything we did over the course of our one-month autonomous vehicle pilot in the Port of Barcelona Deploying your first autonomous vehicle summarises the main lessons that Pendel learnt from launching the first autonomous vehicle pilot in Barcelona in June 2022. It contains operational data, insights and recommendations to support organisations consi ..read more

On August 22nd, the Region of Hannover, together with Pendel Mobility, inaugurated a new autonomous vehicle project. We took the time to sit down with Christian Riester to chat and learn more about it.  Hi Christian! It’s great to take the time to sit and discuss this new milestone, for both the Hannover Region and Pendel Mobility. To get started, could you introduce us to the pilot project in Hannover ?    Sure! The pilot consists of the testing of an EZ10 EasyMile autonomous shuttle, which will connect a tramway stop to a new university campus located 1km away. The ..read more

  On Tuesday, 24th of June, Pendel Mobility launched its first Pilot offering a transport service with an automated shuttle in the City of Barcelona! This pilot serves as a kick-off for Pendel Mobility, as well as for the Port de Barcelona in the path to deploy autonomous mobility in the near future and at a bigger scale. The project aims to transport port workers between a parking lot at the Port de Barcelona and the World Trade Center, where many employees work. The pilot has been implemented and is operated by Pendel Mobility, collaborating clo ..read more

Pendel Mobility was invited by ministries, innovation centres and leading companies in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to discuss and share knowledge on how all-inclusive transport services with autonomous vehicles can be integrated into current transport systems. Great to see that the United Arab Emirates are as ready for automated vehicles as we are!  We are looking forward to future collaborations with Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company), in5 Dubai, DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION, Roads and Transport Authority, Artificial Intelligence Office, UAE, ITC Abu Dhabi… The UAE and Pendel share the sa ..read more

Pendel Mobility deploys its first Pilot in the Port of Barcelona Autonomous shuttles to change the management of Port Infrastructures: Pendel Mobility and The Port of Barcelona launch the first of-its-kind autonomous shuttle in a dense mixed-traffic environment. Trucks, bikes, pedestrians, roundabouts, intersections… Is technology ready to bring us safe to our destination without needing to drive? Yes, and Pendel Mobility is ready to turn this revolution into reality! With our first/last mile solution guiding and providing the infrastructure and technology required, cities can begin this jo ..read more

Pendel Mobility has been selected as one of the 5 startups that will participate in the accelerator programme of EIT Urban Mobility Hub South! Pendel Mobility will benefit from financial support, mentoring, training, expert workshops, free office space, access to local ecosystems, and infrastructure, and a lot more provided by the acceleration partners in the five Innovations Hubs. Within the next 6 months, we will work with partners and mentors to further develop our vision of the next generation of automated, demand-response transport.    Christian Riester, CTO Within the next ..read more