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Ford Motor Company executives were kind enough to make a BlueCruise-equipped Mustang Mach E GT available to me this week while I was in the Detroit area for the Covesa All Member Meeting in Troy. It...
“This will be a historically mega-revolutionary product,” (Musk) said. “It will transform everything.
The Geneva Motor Show was always home to supercars and motorheads - much more than any other auto show in the world. This may have been the result of its geographic proximity to Italy and southern...
Earlier this year Mercedes-Benz announced at a briefing of financial analysts that it would be launching its Level 3 (hands-off and eyes-off) Drive Pilot driving system in the U.S.
For several years, TechInsights has been surveying automotive industry executives regarding the nature of technology deployment in vehicles. The results of these surveys have shed light on the...
They say that one death is a tragedy and one million deaths a statistic. What about 500? That question arises in the context of the (approximately) 500 people who die annually in the U.
I saw and listened to a lot of impressive technology last week at IAA Mobility in Munich. The much-evolved auto show, now fortified with a wide range of suppliers on the show floor, is defending its...
Youtube is atwitter with videos and commentaries from Teslafans expounding on the merits of Tesla’s “full self-driving” tech. The social media posts have been propelled by the introduction of Tesla’s...
It seems like a simple proposition. The government allocates billions of dollars for EV infrastructure and supply chain enhancements, offers tax credits for EV vehicle purchases, and convinces auto...
When the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted 3-1 last week to allow Waymo and Cruise to offer commercial robotaxi service in San Francisco the decision marked a critical turning point...
Toyota's struggles to come to terms with the emerging electrification of motor vehicles globally contributed to the company's appointment of a new CEO earlier this year. The move highlighted a...
Cities around the world are being overwhelmed by the arrival of new personal mobility devices. The mobility wave began with e-scooters and e-bikes, but it is cresting with the onset of skateboards,...
While San Francisco was wrangling with wayward Cruise robotaxis last week - after greenlighting the introduction of commercial robotaxi services, Tampa announced a modest mobility initiative emphas...
Why does your company exist? Do you know? Does your management know? I know one company that knows better today why it exists than it might have just a few years ago: Smartcar. Smartcar is here to...
We hear a lot about the limitations of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure, but another form of infrastructure is beginning to make headlines: Wireless Infrastructure. There was the KDDI...
Euphoria gripped the autonomous vehicle development community last week in the wake of the California Public Utilities Commission’s approval of commercial service initiation and driverless taxi...
With the Writer's Guild of America on strike my Youtube "feed" has devolved into a few automotive 'tubers, some political flotsam and jetsam, video news from Ukraine, and police chases. Yes police...
Search online regarding minivan sales data and the headlines come fast and furious: Minivans in Decline; The Return of Minivans; Minivans Trending; The Death of the Minivan. It takes a little digging...
Cities around the world are facing crises on a daily basis. Global warming, immigration, crime, drugs, sanitation, and, these days, mobility.