HANOI, Vietnam – Southeast Asia’s leading IT firm FPT Software on Wednesday gave a public demonstration of autonomous driving technologies at Ecopark, an urban township located 20km east of Hanoi. The demo was carried out as the company had pledged earlier in April. The Yamaha electric golf car, after having been upgraded with FPT Software’s latest autonomous technologies, completed a full journey of 4 kilometers around Ecopark without human interaction. The route was designed with five bus stops […]
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FPT heats up Southeast Asia’s race for self-driving cars
The race for driver-less cars in Southeast Asia gets intense as its autonomous pioneer FPT has planned to kick off a new autonomous project next Thursday in Hanoi. It seems that the global IT firm has kept itself busy since its made-in-Vietnam autonomous solutions were introduced for the first time in 2017. FPT Global Automotive (FGA) – a strategic unit specializing on automotive technology solutions, has doubled the number of technology experts over the past two years. Some 2,000 employees […]
FPT Corporation launches “Digital Race 2017-2018”
Not long after FPT Software introduced the autonomous technology in October 2017, the competition “Digital Race 2017-2018” has been officially launched by FPT Corporation with the theme “Programming Autonomous Car”. This competition is opened to all university students in Vietnam, providing participants a chance to research and experience latest autonomous driving technology. The winner will receive a one-week trip to Japan to learn new technologies as well as be recruited directly by FPT Software company to work in the desired field. […]
Vice-Minister of Japan experiences FPT’s autonomous driving technology
On November 10th, Mr. Masahiko Tominaga – Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, visited FPT Software Da Nang city and had such a notable experience with the driver-less electric car developed by FPT.
Vice-Minister of Japan experiences FPT's autonomous driving technology
On November 10th, Mr. Masahiko Tominaga – Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, visited FPT Software Da Nang city and had such a notable experience with the driver-less electric car developed by FPT.
FPT’s autonomous car solutions introduced for the first time
On Oct 31st, the first autonomous car in Vietnam using FPT Software’s solutions was introduced in Ho Chi Minh Hi-tech Park. This driver-less car is able to self-navigate, avoid cars from the opposite direction, evade obstacles and re-direct where the roads bend. FPT has been investing in R&D activities on autonomous driving technology for the past few years and is also the first company to publicly introduce solutions for self-driving cars in Vietnam. Over the last 3 years, FPT has […]