I may cover automated vehicles (AVs) as an analyst but I still love to drive. Rolling down a country road in my 30-year-old MX-5 Miata as the evening sun fades never fails to put a smile on my face. I also enjoy playing racing simulation games such…
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Can the Growth of EV Battery Swapping in China Overcome Challenges?
My colleague Scott Shepard recently wrote about the growth of battery swapping for EVs in China. He outlined numerous benefits, including rapid turnaround times compared to charging and even refueling internal combustion engines (ICE). However, there…
Shared Mobility Is Coming But Electric Pickups Are Almost Here
Investor and Stanford University instructor Tony Seba published a paper in 2017 proclaiming that 95% of US passenger miles would be in shared automated vehicles by 2030. While the end goal is directionally correct, that timeline seems extremely…
The Race to Build Batteries Accelerates
A healthy market requires a balance between supply and demand. If there is not enough supply prices climb, and demand withers. Too much supply and suppliers can’t charge enough to be sustainable. Automakers and battery manufacturers face this…
The Robotaxi Gives Way to Automated Delivery
As shelter-in-place mandates have been imposed around the world, a trend is accelerating in the automated driving (AD) space. The robotaxi that was supposed to make all of our personally owned vehicles obsolete may have itself become obsolete before…
Boeing 737 Max Issues Demonstrate Need for Redundancy and Diversity in Driving Automation
As the grounding saga of the Boeing 737 Max drags on, more lessons emerge that the automated driving industry should pay attention to. The first lesson is the danger of letting foxes guard the henhouse, or in this case allowing the aircraft industry…
A Humble Pickup Bed May Point to the Future of Mobility as a Service
The US auto market is no longer the largest in the world, having been surpassed by China. However, it does lead the world in one thing: pickup trucks—no one loves a large pickup truck the way Americans do. While many may consider the pickup truck a…
HD Maps Might Help Teslas Stop Running into Fire Trucks
Recently, a Tesla in Utah ran into the back of a stationary fire truck at high speed. This is the second such incident this year and the National Transportation Safety Board is already investigating the earlier incident. Incidents involving Teslas…
Advanced Driver Assist System Vehicles May Require Pricier Repairs
Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier, held a media event this May at its Flat Rock, Michigan proving grounds to demonstrate its latest technologies including new advanced driver assist systems (ADAS). In addition to all the components and…
Future Mobility Doesn't Have to Destroy Mass Transit
Providing mass transit has always been a challenging business. Like other public good services such as postal delivery, policing, and fire protection, the need to make mass transit available to all has made it almost impossible for the service to be…