There was a surprise winner in the US presidential election 4 years ago that promised a radical shift in federal policies on the environment. Coming into office, President Trump promised to roll back regulations across the board in to stimulate the…
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The Auto Industry May Be Facing a Dose of Electrification Reality
Most of the world’s major automakers are rushing headlong to develop EVs. Tens of billions of dollars are being invested to advance the technology and retool manufacturing. While governments in many regions are pushing electrification, consumer…
Most Developed Automated Vehicle Tech Doesn’t Equate to a Best Solution Today
An interesting Twitter thread sprung up recently discussing the merits of Tesla’s AutoPilot partially automated driving system relative to competitors. This came in the wake of a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board that…
Even If It Doesn’t Survive, the Tesla Vision Has Already Won
Whatever the ultimate fate of Tesla as a business, the vision of its founders seems assured to come to fruition. They set out nearly 15 years ago to build an electric sports car that would show a skeptical public that EVs aren’t the car form of…
Automakers Need to Start Being More Candid About the Limits of Autonomous Technology
Transportation Efficiencies
Autonomous Vehicles
Tesla Autopilot
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
When was the last time you ever actually read an end-user license agreement or terms of service before clicking “Accept” to install a piece of software…
Automated Driving Space Threatens to Follow App Store Revenue Model
Ride-hailing provider Lyft has shifted course and decided to develop its own automated driving system, joining most of the major automakers, suppliers, technology companies, and hundreds of startups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. If the smartphone…
Taking the EV Mainstream
The plug-in EV (PEV) is rapidly evolving to become a viable mainstream option for almost every car buyer. As ever with automobiles, there is no silver bullet solution. This year there are several unique variations on how best to serve the needs of…
Automakers Doing More Rigorous Safety Analysis for Vehicle Automation
Fuel Efficiency and Emerging Technologies
Transportation Efficiencies
Autonomous Vehicles
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Back in September 2014 as the ITS World Congress gathered in Detroit, General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra announced that in…
Preludes to Premium Mobility Services
Moving toward a world where individual vehicle ownership gives way to automated mobility services, automakers and service providers run the risk that their differentiated products will become commodities. In an industry that already runs relatively…
Sharing Companies Shouldn’t Get Free Rides
Transportation Efficiencies
Carsharing
Policy Regulation
Transport and Logistics Innovation
One of the big themes of recent years has been the emergence of the so-called “sharing” economy. Unless we were raised by hardcore Ayn Rand acolytes, chances…