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Road freight transport of the future: E-truck technology
The “enERSyn” project at the Chair of Electric Railways is analyzing drive technologies for climate-friendly road freight transport. Researchers in the joint project believe that stationary charged battery vehicles offer the greatest potential for a drive turnaround in truck traffic, while…
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INFORMS prize for innovation research in rail operations
Several publications took the top places in the Railway Applications Section (RAS) in the “Student Paper Competition” and “Problem Solving Competition” categories. The winners were honored at the annual conference of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)…
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Award for cycling research: MoveOn and PrioBike projects nominated for the German Mobility Award
The MoveOn project at the Chair of Transport Ecology has made it onto the shortlist (top 3) for this year's German Mobility Award in the “Digital Transformation and AI” category. The project was also awarded the audience prize. The PrioBike project at the Chair of Traffic Process Automation…
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Dresden Automotive Symposium 2024
Driver assistance systems and highly automated driving were the main topics at this year's second edition of the Dresden Automotive Symposium (DDAS), which took place on September 26 at Burgk Castle in Freital near Dresden. A highlight of the conference was the rollout of the Dresden Driving…
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International exchange on Innovations in Cycling Research
Researchers from the Chair of Transport Ecology took part in the annual conference of the Cycling Research Board at ETH Zurich with a wide range of contributions on cycling research.
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A digital twin for optimizing the charging process for electric vehicles
As part of a research collaboration with Porsche AG, the results for improved charging processes for electric vehicles were published at the Chair of Vehicle Mechatronics.
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ETCS in Germany
Prof. Jochen Trinkauf, Dr. Ulrich Maschek and Dr. Richard Kahl publish the second edition of their work on the European Train Control System ETCS and present it at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin.
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Sustainable mobility planning in urban areas
Scientists from the Chairs of Transport Ecology and Mobility System Planning took part in the 6th NaKoMo annual conference of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) with the FoPS research project “Indicators of sustainable urban mobility”.
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Railroad innovations "Made in Saxony"
The SET4FUTURE Innovation Award recognizes innovative products and technologies in the field of rail operations. Dr. Michael Krieg, Managing Director of the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport Sciences, was on the jury this year and gained an insight into the projects presented.
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