Global Ingress has strategically entered into the Autonomous Vehicles market by setting up a partnership with a Swiss based company. It is our goal to provide Consulting, Engineering and Project Management support to customers in North America who seek to learn more about this emerging technology.

About our Swiss partner

Global Ingress’s Swiss partner company is the owner and operator of an Autonomous Vehicle system that is currently in Revenue Service. The system runs under an innovation initiative and is the most advanced test projects for Autonomous Vehicles in Public Transit in the world. The System has been in Revenue Service for more than a year with more than 25,500 passengers transported, travelled roughly 1,500 hours and travelled a distance of 3,500 miles.

Global Ingress will act as the local contact to North American customers and will coordinate and work with the Swiss partner. With that being said, a local project team will be available to work with customers in North America.

In this Jan. 12, 2017, photo, the Navya Arma autonomous vehicle drives down a street in Las Vegas. The driverless electric shuttle has begun carrying passengers in a test program in a downtown Las Vegas entertainment district. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Our offering to North American Customers

In partnership with the Swiss partner, the Global Ingress team will share with the customers the system knowledge and lessons learned out of experience in developing, operating and maintaining the Swiss based AV system. Like many North American customers, our Swiss partner is a Public Transportation Agency. Our team will support the customers from the owner/operator’s perspective. This allows the customers to benefit from the experience another operator has gained through system development over the last 3 years.

In a first phase, Global Ingress is able to support North American customers and its consultants in:

• Visiting and studying the Swiss based system in mixed traffic
• Develop a phased approach to integrate the system step by step from a dedicated track to mixed traffic use
• Development of the vehicle, operating system and Systems (i.e., communications, public address, passenger information, SCADA, battery charging, CCTV, etc.) architecture according to customers’ requirements in light of experience gained and lessons learned in the Swiss based project
• Review of the vehicle, operating system and Systems (i.e., communications, public address, passenger information, SCADA, battery charging, CCTV, etc.) design
• Development of the vehicle, operating system and Systems (i.e., communications, public address, passenger information, SCADA, battery charging, CCTV, etc.) specification
• Ensure compliance with all local, state and federal laws and of safety requirements and safety concept
• Ensure compliance with ADA requirements
• Develop operating rules and operating concept
• Develop training concept
• Develop safety concept
• Develop maintenance concept
• Develop tender documentation
• Evaluate offers

In a second phase, Global Ingress can support customers in:

• Procurement process especially in dealing with international suppliers
• Buy America and DBE support / local manufacturing for international suppliers
• Project Management
• System integration
• System testing and integration testing
• Commissioning
• Training
• Shadow operation
• Maintenance