HEAT project Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation
Project period: 01/2018 – 12/2021
The potential of autonomous and automated driving in public transport is huge: by using driverless shuttles, public transport in rural and urban areas can be expanded to meet demand much more effectively. The HEAT project tested this in Hamburg's HafenCity, which is extremely challenging in terms of traffic.
The project developed a concept for automated electric minibuses in local public transportation.
An automated minibus was subsequently tested in Hamburg’s HafenCity. The trial operation was divided into three implementation phases, each placing increasing demands on the vehicles’ functionality and on the safety and performance of the overall system.
The focus was on the interdependent requirements for the autonomous vehicle, the roadside infrastructure, the central control authorities, and a control center for monitoring, as well as their interaction.
In addition to the trial operation, preparations were also made for the transferability to future regular operation and other use cases. Accordingly, potential business models were defined and evaluated to determine whether and how automated transportation services can be economically integrated into public transit.
Within the scope of the project, hysolutions was responsible for performance monitoring as well as for all matters related to electromobility. In addition, it supported HOCHBAHN with project management and coordination tasks.
