KIRA: the Pulse Dashboard onboard autonomous vehicles in Germany
Welcome to Germany
New milestone for our product Pulse Dashboard: it is now officially deployed as part of the KIRA project, in Germany. Alongside partners such as Mobileye, ioki, Deutsche Bahn and the RMV, we are listed among the project's technology partners, still mentioned under our former name, MobileThinking, until the transition to Dexio is also reflected on the German side.
KIRA, it’s a first in Germany.
Level 4 autonomous vehicles tested in on-demand service on the roads of Darmstadt and the district of Offenbach. An important step towards the transition to sustainable mobility, in a context where the shortage of drivers increasingly weighs on public transport.
Our contribution concerns digital passenger assistance on board. Concretely, the Pulse Dashboard equips shuttle cabins with an audiovisual interaction system between passengers and Technical Supervision. In the event of an incident, a passenger can, with a simple press of a clearly visible button, make direct contact with a remote agent — an essential feature for vehicles expected to operate without a driver on board.
Technically, Pulse’s greatest asset lies elsewhere: it provides public transport operators (PTOs) with a single alert system, regardless of the number of brands or manufacturers in their fleet. Rather than managing several proprietary interfaces in parallel, PTOs benefit from a uniform entry point to monitor incidents and interact with passengers, whatever the underlying vehicle platform. This is a decisive advantage at a time when autonomous fleets are gradually made up of models from different manufacturers.
Beyond the technical development, this deployment also marks a commercial milestone: the Pulse Dashboard is now operational in Germany, on a major, large-scale project, with leading players in European public transport. A fine confirmation that the solution, initially designed as part of ULTIMO, has found its place in the autonomous mobility landscape well beyond Swiss borders.
The next step is to support the operational phases in the field, gather user feedback and continue to develop the product for future deployments.
