Led by Glasgow's Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS), the Hub2Hub project will build two different prototype vehicles. While both will be capable of Level 4 autonomous driving, the first will feature o cab for a safety driver. The second will not, instead having an aerodynamically optimised cabless tractor which can be teleoperated. HVS designs and develops hydrogen-electric vehicles for the commercial vehicle market. Company CEO Jawad Khursheed said HVS is engineering the world's first autonomous hydrogen-electric powered HGV to demonstrate hub-to-hub logistics to ASDA, showcase the potential of autonomy, increase public perceptions, and develop new business models The autonomous software for the trucks will be provided by Bristol's Fusion Processing, whose CAVStar system combines vision systems, Al and route planning. The platform allows full autonomy to be swapped out with onboard or teleoperated driver control at predetermined points along a route, with the HGV self-driving between hubs and human drivers taking over when the vehicle nears its destination.
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