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Autonomous through HafenCity with HEAT
“By integrating a new technology for autonomous driving into Hamburg’s road traffic, HEAT is providing a strong stimulus for the development of future mobility. Comfortable, convenient and climate-friendly local public transport should be available throughout the city in the future as a viable alternative to using private cars. At the same time, the HEAT project also offers the city a preview of the ITS World Congress being held this October. At the event, Hamburg will show mobility concepts for the future, including autonomous driving in actual operation, intelligent and networked traffic management for both road and rail, and digital services that make our mobility easier, more comfortable and more convenient. I thank the initiators of the HEAT project and wish them safe and successful operations.”
“The expanded approval for passenger service on the entire route along the Elbphilharmonie marks a further milestone for the mobility of tomorrow. The residents of Hamburg can now personally experience autonomous driving in an electric bus for a total of two kilometers in a major urban environment. This neatly demonstrates what electrically powered, autonomous-driving minibuses could contribute to both inner-city districts and suburban areas in the future to transport people safely, comfortably, and emission-free to their destinations and connect them with the existing rapid transit network. This form of transport is unique worldwide and highlights Hamburg’s pioneering role in Germany in the field of digital, sustainable mobility concepts.”
“HEAT marks the first research project in Germany in which an autonomous bus operates under real traffic conditions through a control center in the middle of a Germany city. All Hamburg residents are invited to join us and personally experience the mobility of the future.”
“ The HEAT concept enables us to safely operate a fully automated shuttle for local public transport in the HafenCity of Hamburg. HEAT demonstrates what the sustainable, user-oriented mobility of tomorrow could look like – a future that IAV, as a provider of high-tech solutions, is playing a key role in shaping.”
“We can achieve the necessary transition to ecofriendly transportation in cities, switching from individual transport to local public transport, only by intelligently linking various forms of mobility. Autonomous shuttles can play an essential role as a new and attractive form of mobility. To provide them, we need to have intelligent transport systems. HEAT demonstrates how linking infrastructure and vehicle data contributes to the reliability of such a system. Siemens Mobility will use the findings from the HEAT project to further refine and advance our vision of autonomous public transport solutions for cities.”
"HEAT shows the possibilities and limitations of the existing legal framework when it comes to implementing innovative mobility concepts. With its holistic approach, the HEAT project provides important impulses for developing new legislative proposals for autonomous operations.”
Hamburger Hochbahn AG
Founded in 1911, HOCHBAHN transports over 1.2 million passengers a day with its fleet of more than 250 subway trains and 1,000 buses. As one of 34 partners in the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), HOCHBAHN serves over 1,400 stops, making it the largest public transport company in the HVV area. Around 6,000 employees work at HOCHBAHN around the clock to provide attractive local public transport and convenient, comfortable and future-oriented mobility in Hamburg.
Authority for Transport and Mobility Transition
The BVM is one of eleven specialist authorities in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and is responsible economics and transport policy as well as for promoting innovation in this sector. To implement the HEAT project, the BVM is drawing on the expertise of the Authority for the Interior and Sports, the Traffic Department of the city’s police, the State Office for Transport (LBV), the State Office for Roads, Bridges and Waters (LSBG), and the municipal company Hamburg Verkehrsanlagen (HHVA). Within the project, the LSBG is responsible for traffic planning, while the HHVA implements and operates the roadside infrastructure.
IAV
With more than 8,000 employees, IAV is one of the leading engineering partners of the automotive industry. The company has been developing innovative concepts and technologies for future vehicles for over 35 years. Among its customers are prominent automobile manufacturers and automotive suppliers throughout the world. In addition to specializing in the development of vehicles and drive systems, IAV began focusing on electromobility and autonomous driving at an early stage and is now one of the leading development service providers in these fields. In addition to its development centers in Berlin, Gifhorn and Chemnitz/Stollberg, IAV also has facilities in Munich, Sindelfingen, and Ingolstadt as well as in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.
IKEM
IKEM, the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility, is an independent research institute that deals with current issues related to climate protection and the energy and mobility transitions. As part of its focus on autonomous driving, IKEM provides the legal support for pilot tests and evaluates business and operator models for autonomous shuttles.
DLR
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is Germany’s national center for aerospace research. It also conducts research and development in the fields of energy, transportation, security, and digitalization. In the HEAT project, DLR researchers are investigating the needs and assessments of users and other road users with regard to autonomous buses.
hySOLUTIONS
hySOLUTIONS GmbH is the coordination point for all work and projects related to hydrogen and fuel-cell technology and well as electromobility in Hamburg. In addition, the company provides support in other fields such as new mobility. Its shareholders include public and private companies in the energy industry and the mobility sector.
Contact
Marcel Schweitzer
Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg
+49 40 428 31 2243
Dennis Krämer
Behörde für Verkehr und Mobilitätswende
+49 40 428 41 1685