We are delighted that you are interested in working with us to test the use of autonomous shuttles for public transport.

With your experience you can make an important contribution to the mobility transition!

Please note:

  • Registration is only available in German
  • This is the initial registration. You will be accepted as a test user at a later date.
  • As this is a closed user group, we cannot guarantee acceptance.
  • You need access to the Android or iOS app store to download the KIRA On-Demand app.
  • The rides are free of charge, you pay with your feedback: test users are invited to share their experiences in written or personal surveys.
  • Unfortunately, we cannot provide accessible vehicles in KIRA test mode. As soon as autonomous accessible vehicles are available on the market, we will use them for future transport services.
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Mobileye

Contribution to the Project:

Mobileye is a KIRA project technology partner and provides the hardware and software for the vehicles’ autonomous driving system.

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Mobileye is driving the development of autonomous vehicles with globally recognised expertise in computer vision, artificial intelligence, mapping and data analyses. The technologies enable self-driving vehicles and mobility solutions, accelerate industry-leading driver assistance systems and provide valuable information for optimising the mobility infrastructure.

www.mobileye.com

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dmo digital mobilities consultants

Contribution to the Project:

dmo digital mobilities consultants contributes consultancy services to the KIRA project.

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dmo digital mobilities consultants is a management consultancy specialised on digitalisation topics and products for passenger transport. The consultancy focus in recent years was on-demand projects and now is increasingly on autonomous transport services. The company advises and supports local partners HEAG mobilo and kvgOF in the implementation of KIRA.

www.digitalmobilities.com

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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Contribution to the Project:

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a science partner and as part of the KIRA project is researching the overall traffic impact of autonomous on-demand transport services in the region with the help of a traffic model.

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The Institute for Transport Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is dedicated to the research of mobility and transport issues, ranging from planning concepts based on societal aspects to technical transport problems. The institute takes an interdisciplinary approach ranging from empirical analyses to complex simulations in pursuit of the overarching objective to develop efficient and sustainable mobility solutions.

www.kit.edu

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Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum (DLR)

Contribution to the Project:

DLR is a scientific contributor to the KIRA project.

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As part of the KIRA project, the DLR Institute of Transport Research is researching user and stakeholder acceptance requirements as well as the traffic-related effects of autonomous fleets, particularly their influence on traffic volume, service availability, choose of mode, etc. The DLR Institute of Transportation Systems is also investigating the necessary requirements for technical supervision, including human-machine interaction as part of the KIRA project.

www.dlr.de

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Bundesministerium für Verkehr (BMV)

Contribution to the Project:

The Federal Ministry for Transport (BMV) is the funding body and supports the KIRA project.

www.bmdv.bund.de

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Land Hessen

Contribution to the Project:

The State of Hesse supports the KIRA project financially.

www.wirtschaft.hessen.de

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Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV)

Contribution to the Project:

The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) is an industry partner and, together with the project partners, is producing a practical guide for autonomous on-demand transport services that is intended for transport companies and public transport organisations. With the practical guide, the KIRA project is making the experience and knowledge gleaned in the project available to the industry.

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The VDV is the leading organisation in public passenger and freight transport in Germany. It represents the interests of more than 600 public and rail passenger transport and freight transport companies. These member companies range from large municipal transport companies to private providers of bus and rail transport, including operators of trams, underground trains, city and regional buses and railways.

www.vdv.de

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ioki

Contribution to the Project:

ioki is a technology partner and delivers the ride-pooling software and the routing algorithm for the KIRA project.

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ioki GmbH is a leading platform provider for digital and autonomous on-demand solutions in Europe and market leader in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region. The company, which belongs to Deutsche Bahn, works with a variety of on-demand mobility operators throughout Europe. In addition, ioki prepares data-based mobility analyses and mobility concepts for sustainable and future-oriented traffic planning.

www.ioki.com

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Robert Bosch GmbH

Contribution to the Project:

Bosch is a technology partner and with a combination of hardware and software is responsible within the KIRA project for all services related to digital passenger assistance inside the autonomous vehicles.

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The Bosch Group is a leading international technology and services company with around 428,000 associates worldwide. Mobility is the largest business sector in the Bosch Group. The technology company is one of the leading OEMs in the automotive industry. The Mobility division pursues the vision of safe, sustainable and inspiring mobility of the future. The division offers its customers holistic mobility solutions.
www.bosch.de
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HEAG mobilo GmbH

Contribution to the Project:

HEAG mobilo is the KIRA project’s local implementation partner in Darmstadt.

More Information from the Company:

HEAG mobilo is the leading mobility services provider in the Darmstadt-Dieburg region and the lead company in the transport group. Together with its HEAG mobiBus subsidiary and STRADADI, it works to provide attractive and effective public transport in the city of Darmstadt and the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg.

www.heagmobilo.de

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Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Offenbach mbH (kvgOF)

Contribution to the Project:

kvgOF is the KIRA project’s local implementation partner in the district of Offenbach.

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Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Offenbach mbH is the local transport organisation for local public transport in the district of Offenbach. The district encompasses 13 municipalities with 360,000 residents. kvgOF is among the local partners of the Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association (RMV).

www.kvgof.de

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RMV

Contribution to the Project:

The Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association is one of the project initiators and is responsible for overall project management.

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The Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association (RMV) is the transport association for local public transport in the Rhine-Main region and covers two-thirds of Hesse. Together with local partners, RMV keeps local public transport rolling: it coordinates and finances transport services, orders services and orchestrates the higher-level marketing.

www.rmv.de

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Deutsche Bahn

Contribution to the Project:

Deutsche Bahn is an initiator of KIRA together with the Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association (RMV).

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Both companies coordinate project set-up and implementation as well as relations with the project partners and additional stakeholders. DB Regio Mitte GmbH is responsible for operation of the autonomous transport.

www.deutschebahn.com