Oxa has been named by the UK government in its Advanced Manufacturing Plan which sets out £150m (US$190m) of investment to supercharge the self-driving vehicle sector as part of a bigger stimulus package targeted at high-tech industries.

The new investment builds on the around £600m (US$757m)of joint investment with industry and the government in more than 100 projects across the UK since 2015. This has led to significant investment across the UK, including: Oxa, who announced £115m (US$145m) of investment earlier this year, including from Ocado, ZF, Wenco and Google.

Read more: UK government announces funding to advance autonomous transportation technologies

The UK government said, “We want the UK to be the European leader in the transformation of how we move people and goods around the country.

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Leading self-driving vehicle software developer Oxa is to collaborate with eVersum, an electric commercial vehicle and passenger transportation solutions specialist, to deliver self-driving shuttles to the city of Belfast. Each shuttle will carry up to 40 passengers around the Innovation District in Northern Ireland’s Belfast Harbour Estate, as well as tourist attractions such as the revamped Titanic Belfast exhibition.

The Harlander Project is a vital component in the area’s sustainable transportation plan as current visitor numbers of over 3.6 million people a year are predicted to rise to more than 5.6 million by 2035 as a result of a major investment program. 

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Autonomous vehicle software developer Oxa and eVersum, a provider of electric commercial vehicles and passenger transportation solutions, have announced a partnership to develop and deploy shared autonomous passenger vehicles.

The partnership addresses a growing need for better, more flexible and low-carbon public transportation options, particularly as urban populations grow and road congestion intensifies.

Announced at the Busworld 2023 Europe exhibition in Brussels, Belgium, this collaboration will see eVersum produce autonomous-ready electric base vehicles featuring Oxa’s autonomy software, Oxa Driver, along with sensors and computing technology integrated directly on the production line.

The vehicles will initially be offered as autonomous city eShuttles to public transportation operators across Europe and the USA, with the aim of revolutionizing the transportation sector.

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Beep and Oxa have announced a partnership to deploy Beep vehicles driven by Oxa’s self-driving software, Oxa Driver, as Beep continues to expand its testing operations throughout the USA.

Oxa’s autonomy software will be installed in a range of Beep vehicles, including passenger shuttles and future vehicle platforms. The first initiative is a fleet of Beep autonomous and electric shuttles driven by Oxa Driver. Two of the Beep shuttles are currently operating at the SunTrax test facility in Auburndale, Florida – the first US site developed specifically for testing connected AVs. At present, Oxa is using the site to demonstrate its passenger transportation solution before it becomes available to the public in late 2023.

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Autonomous vehicle software developer Oxa (formerly Oxbotica) has announced three new appointments to its senior leadership team to support its continued growth.

Graeme Smith (above) will join Oxa in August 2023 as chief product engineer officer, a position in which he will be responsible for product management, engineering, solutions, programs and services in order to deliver the company’s range of self-driving software to end users. Smith brings more than 26 years of experience within the tech industry, having previously held the position of senior director of engineering at Google.

Katy Goldwater joined Oxa last month as chief people officer to lead recruitment, talent development, organizational effectiveness and people strategy.

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Three full days, 150+ exhibitors, 120+ conference speakers and thousands of visitors from across the European vehicle safety, validation and autonomous driving sector – ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe 2023, which was held in Germany last week (June 13-15), has once again proved to be the industry’s leading showcase event.

“The ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo in Stuttgart is one of the biggest conferences and exhibitions focusing on ADAS/AD professionals that I am aware of,” said Ralph Grewe, perception product manager of the driverless innovation line at Continental. “It’s a great event to get an overview of the current trends and products relevant for ADAS/AD development, and a must-have in your calendar.”

“We wanted to see some of the latest technology available from suppliers, to understand areas where currently we’re not up to standard, and get a better overall understanding of the industry,” commented Oliver King, an ADAS development engineer at Nissan.

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Autonomous vehicle software developer Oxbotica has changed its name to Oxa, effective immediately, as it prepares to scale in North America and Europe.

Oxa states that the “new brand reflects the company’s global vision and go-to-market strategy for its suite of software and services that unlock the benefits of self-driving technology for customers today”.

The software developer provides its customers with tools to enable the deployment of safe and autonomous operations, consisting of software for self-driving vehicles, generative artificial intelligence tools to speed up deployment with Oxa MetaDriver, and cloud-based tools for fleet management with Oxa Hub.

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Sensors capable of operating in Scotland’s infamous rain, snow and fog are providing data that could help autonomous vehicles see and operate safely in adverse weather. Thanks to the Radiate project led by Heriot-Watt University, a new data set has been published that includes three hours of radar images and 200,000 tagged road actors, including other vehicles and pedestrians, gathered in the country’s often inclement weather.

The data set helps solve a problem that has been facing manufacturers and researchers of autonomous vehicles. Until now, almost all the available, labeled data has been based on sunny, clear days.

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Ocado Group plc, a leading UK online grocery platform and solutions provider, has formed a multi-year commercial partnership with Oxbotica Ltd, a developer of autonomous vehicle software, headquartered in Oxford, UK. The ultimate ambition is to enable Ocado’s partners that use the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) to reduce the costs of last-mile delivery and other logistics operations.

The companies will collaborate on hardware and software interfaces for autonomous vehicles, enhancing and integrating Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform into a variety of vehicles. The use cases range from vehicles that operate inside of Ocado’s Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) buildings and the yard areas that surround them, all the way to last-mile deliveries and curb-to-kitchen robots.

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Oxbotica has announced the completion of a US$47 million Series B investment with partners across the globe, in a funding round led by bp ventures.

The funding will accelerate Oxbotica’s commercial deployment of its autonomy software platform across multiple industries and key markets. The news is an endorsement of the company’s go-to-market strategy, deploying its autonomy software in industrial use cases in advance of rolling out in urban passenger transportation applications in the future.

High-calibre global investors in the round include BGF, bp ventures, Halma, HostPlus, IP Group, Tencent, Venture Science, and funds advised by Doxa Partners.

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