Autonomous cars

Automotive Supplier Flashes Mobility Technology & Alliances Other than bots delivering take-out meals and suburban Phoenix residents, the likely first encounter for most folks with autonomous vehicles may be in a shuttle. Several demonstration programs are already running, mostly supplied with vehicles from start-up companies. The big boys are now jumping ... Read More...

Clean Fleet Report Founder Looks Back—And Forward We have seen amazing progress in cars, electrified transportation and in the future of mobility, since I started Clean Fleet Report in 2006. Oil usage peaked in 2006 in the United States and other developed nations and I reported 10 reasons. Clean Fleet Report was ... Read More...

An Insurance Perspective on Autonomous Technology Tesla's Video of its Self-Driving Technology It goes without saying that preservation of life is the reason to invest in road and car safety technology, but the financial implications that fatal and non-fatal accidents have on the economy areanother factor which cannot be ignored. According to National ... Read More...

Technology and Innovation Drives Ford Smart Mobility Ford recently marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of its newly expanded California R&D lab and ticked off its accomplishments as leader in what CEO Mark Fields called Ford’s “one foot in today, one foot in tomorrow” strategy: Driving innovation (more about that later). Becoming ... Read More...

$50 Million in Programs at Stanford and MIT While Silicon Valley seems awash in autonomous Google cars and Carlos Ghosn says Nissan will have an autonomous car on the road by 2020, Toyota is taking a more cautious approach, investing in more research in artificial intelligence and hedging on when any ... Read More...