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A New Era in Passenger Mobility: The Calgary Airport Compact Transit System Frédéric Faulconnier, Eng., MBA
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A New Era in Passenger
Mobility: The Calgary
Airport Compact Transit
System
Frédéric Faulconnier, Eng., MBA
Content
About PIT a group of FPInnovations
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Conclusion3
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About PIT a group of FPInnovations
FPInnovations
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100 M$ Turnover
525 Employees
100 PhD
120Patents
30Licence Agreements
70Research collaborations
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About PIT a group of FPInnovations
Description of the PIT group
Private and public transport fleets
Shippers, clients and suppliers
Federal and provincial governments
Universities, sector-based associations and R&D centres
Private partners (e.g., OEM, consultants) PITIndustries
Universities
R&D Agencies
Technology suppliers
Governments
Solutions
for fleets
Intelligent vehicle…since 1985
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About PIT a group of FPInnovations
1985 – Device for measuring the trajectory of an articulated vehicle (pre-GPS!)
1988 – Tire pressure monitoring system to adapt truck’s traction according to the
road conditions
1990 – Embedded scale to respect rules on vehicle weights and dimensions
1999 – Emdedded computer to follow driver behaviour
2003 – Real time driver feedback
2009 – Operational test of delivery hybrid truck (class 7)
2012 – Platooning truck test
2014 – Electric shuttle
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Calgary Airport Authority – YYC LINK
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FP Innovations selected in 2013 by the Calgary Airport Authority to build a
shuttle vehicle for use in the new International Terminal at Calgary International
Airport.
Prototype delivered in 2015
Fleet vehicles now under construction
Electric-powered
10 passenger capacity
Calgary Airport Authority – YYC LINK
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Cross functional team
Project management
Mechanical engineering
Automotive industrial design
Electrical engineering
Manufacturing
Calgary Airport Authority – YYC LINK
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What it is ?
VIDEO (ref :Youtube)
Calgary Airport Authority – YYC LINK
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From design to production
VIDEO: (Ref: YYC website)
Conclusion
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Increasing use of vehicle to infrastructure communications
Operator to passengers communication
Innovative way to move people
Proud to be a partner of YYC International’s New Terminal infrastructure
Take into account of authorities and stakeholder’s concerns
The right design and built team for the right product
Prototype vehicle vs Production mode
Conclusion
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Others applications can be address with this kind of vehicle: Cities; Parks; Etc.
PIT group is developing 2 product line: iconic and generic EV shuttle
Iconic vehicle for iconic playground Generic vehicle…on going
Pictures: Paul Deutschman
EZ10 by EasyMile
YYC LINK
