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For more than 5 decades, many in Detroit and other automotive capitals have considered Ralph Nader to be public enemy number one. Despite the strong feelings against Nader throughout much of the auto industry, the lifelong consumer advocate will be…

Fuel Efficiency and Emerging Technologies
Transportation Efficiencies
Autonomous Vehicles
Automotive Cyber Security
August 2016 brought a flurry of autonomous driving announcements from Delphi, nuTonomy, Ford, Velodyne, Volvo, Uber, Quanergy, and…

Who would have thought that a small, roofless, two-seat, self-propelled machine could inspire a revolution in the way humans move about? Strangely enough, it has happened twice now, first in 1886 when Karl Benz drove his Patent-Motorwagen for the…

Transport and Logistics Innovation
Transportation Efficiencies
Detroit Auto Show
Conferences and Events
For many of us that keep tabs on the automotive industry for a living, the first 2 weeks of January are among the most grueling of the year. The…

The software that drives automated vehicles (AVs) has made remarkable strides in the decade since the engineers and researchers that participated in the DARPA Grand Challenge turned their attention to commercialization. However, as is often the case,…

Automated Vehicles
Automated Driving
Automated Driving Systems
Commercial Electric Vehicles
smart cities
As the 2020 coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe, businesses of all kind are doing their part to help the containment…

In a capitalist economy, companies have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize the returns for their shareholders. That can often be at odds with the general public good. Ideally, political and regulatory leaders can find ways to strike a balance…

As engineers around the world work to make the self-driving car a practical reality, one of the biggest challenges still faced is how to precisely locate where those vehicles are in space at any moment in time. This is especially important in…

Adoption of 48V light electrification is beginning to accelerate in Europe with the debut this week of the fourth-generation Audi A8 at an event in Barcelona, Spain. After launching a 48V system on the high performance SQ7 SUV in 2016, the A8 becomes…

Automated Vehicles
V2X Communications
Mobility Services
Urban Mobility
Urban Innovation
In a February 2019 episode of the Recode Media podcast, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson began his case for 5G connectivity by citing automated vehicles (AVs). It’s…