Opinion: Will Self-Driving Cars Eventually Repossess Themselves?
If you were leasing a self-driving car and fell behind on payments, could it repossess itself?
Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads
By 2020, you will be able to own a car with advanced safety features helping avoid collisions, preventing you from drifting into the next lane, providing valet parking and allowing you to touch an “autopilot” button to have the car drive itself.
News: Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia Join To Redefine the Auto
Mercedes-Benz, one of the world’s oldest and most-respected premium automakers, is taking a big step into the future by partnering with super chipmaker Nvidia to create a new generation of software-defined cars.
News: Cruise Origin Self-Driving Shuttle Introduced
Clean Fleet Report was invited to General Motor’s Cruise autonomous-car division’s recent unveiling of the Origin, a self-driving shuttle vehicle. Designed to be a Level 5 driverless autonomous vehicle, it will be the basis of GM Cruise’s ridesharing business.
News: Hyundai Launches MoceanLab Mobility Venture
Hyundai Motor Group launched MoceanLab, an arm of the automaker that will provide mobility services in Los Angeles. First up will be a pilot carshare service, Mocean Carshare, followed by autonomous ridesharing, shuttling, multimodal transportation and personal mobility.
News: Tesloop Expands Tesla One-Way Rentals
Tesloop, a four-year-old Los Angeles company dedicated to “making transformative car technologies more widely accessible,” this week announced it is adding one-way LA-to-Las Vegas Tesla rentals to its existing service.
Interview: Toyota and Lexus: Autonomous Driving Advancements
We had the special opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at one company’s progress when we sat down with Nathan Kokus, mobility and technology communications manager at Toyota.
Interview: Melinda Hanson of Bird
Bird, the two-year-old, Santa-Monica-based scooter-sharing company, has been growing and developing its trademark electric scooters since it was founded in September 2017.
Analysis: The Impact of Self-Driving Cars on Fuel Consumption
When the topic of driverless cars is brought up, most conversations typically surround the benefits autonomous vehicles bring to traffic safety, productivity and transportation accessibility. But another important topic that needs to be discussed is fuel efficiency.
Event: 2020 Tokyo Olympics—Toyota Goes Big On BEVs
At the 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games, both in Tokyo, Toyota will show off a full line-up of electrified vehicles.