The Trusted IoT Alliance announces competitors for its Smart E-Mobility Challenge
The Trusted IoT Alliance (TIoTA), an ecosystem of more than 50 companies working together to build open source trusted systems for IoT with blockchain and related technologies,announced the competitors for its Smart E-Mobility Challenge.
The competitors are: Aitos, AnyLedger, Bosch, EnergyBase, Fetch.AI, JeLY LGTM, Ledger, LHIND, Luxoft, Riddle & Code, Share & Charge, Siemens, Streamr, Technical University of Munich, Telekom Innovation Labs, Ubirch, Weeve, Xain.
“We are thrilled with the level of interest the TIoTA challenges have sparked in the blockchain and IoT market spaces,” said Alexy Khrabrov, chief community officer of the Alliance. “We received submissions from progressive technology organisations around the world, and each entrant will develop an overall reference architecture for their specific concept. Our goal with the challenge is to help the participants create solutions that they can then bring to market.”
The primary vehicle selected for the challenge is a Jaguar I-PACE, provided by Bosch. The highlight of the Challenge is the PACE Tour, in which the Jaguar is available in select European cities for competitors to access, work on their solutions and conduct hackathons. The PACE Tour kicked off at the T-Labs and T-Systems Blockchain Mobility Hackathon in February. Upcoming PACE Tour dates include:
- April 10-11 in Stuttgart
- April 24-25 in Zurich
- May 7-8 in Munich
- May 14-16 at Bosch Connected World in Berlin
The winning entry will provide the most innovative solution that exemplifies progressive automation and connectivity features by enabling the Jaguar to discover charging stations, pay for electricity, discover additional services, and so on. The judges will determine which entries accomplish the following specific goals of the Challenge:
a) interoperability
b) ease of use
c) the ability to pay for electricity on the single invoice.
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