{"id":56100,"date":"2021-11-18T05:34:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=56100"},"modified":"2021-11-18T05:34:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:04:18","slug":"honda-awv-solar-mb2239","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/honda-awv-solar-mb2239\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Electric Vehicles Trialled At Solar Farm Construction Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Battery<\/p>\n

Honda has been putting prototype autonomous battery electric vehicles through their paces at the site of what will be a 120MW solar farm in the US state of New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Getting materials from point A to point B on large construction sites can be a time-intensive exercise – particularly in this case where the site is 1,000 acres – occupying workers who could be engaged in other tasks.<\/p>\n

During a month-long field test, the second-generation prototypes of the fully electric Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) were set a number of related tasks at the Black & Veatch project, including towing and transporting construction materials.<\/p>\n

To get the vehicles on the right track, Honda produced a high-definition map of the site. The Black & Veatch team were then able to set start and stop points on the map for multiple AWVs through a cloud-based app interface. The vehicles demonstrated they were able to move along the route and were capable of stopping within centimetres of the pre-set points.<\/p>\n