Consumers Crave Advanced Technology In New Vehicle Purchases, IHS Markit Survey Finds
IHS Automotive analysts sought to understand which services are must-haves for consumers intending on purchasing a new vehicle for personal use in the next three years, as well as gain an understanding on the propensity of consumers who would be willing to pay for these advanced technologies and assess how much they would be willing to spend.
Leading Automotive Manufacturers Are Competing Hard To Be First To Launch Advanced Autonomous Driving Technology, According To Navigant Research
Over the past decade, advanced driver assistance systems have begun to proliferate from high-end luxury cars into affordable, high-volume models.
The Herman Trend Alert: Driverless Vehicles Will Change Our Lives
Ask any employee of Google who commutes to work in one of Google’s driverless vans and they will tell you – their lives are already changed. But, for most of us, the driverless-car future is still on the way.
Taking Telematics To The Hill: A Recap Of The YANG Legislative Conference
For the Auto Care Association’s YANG Legislative Conference, held June 13-14, members of the industry helped to spread awareness about the impacts of vehicle telematics, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Guess Who Are Some Of The Most Strategic Links In The Automotive Value Chain?
At the recent Women’s Industry Network (WIN) Educational Conference, Enterprise Holdings Inc.’s Susan Lombardo emphasized the distinct but equally critical roles that the car rental and collision repair sectors play in the automotive value chain.
Consumers In China Less Enthusiastic For Autonomous Vehicles, Find J.D. Power And Tencent Auto
J.D. Power found that just 9 percent of consumers in China are very positive on the prospect of unmanned mobility, roughly half the number of positive responses seen among U.S. consumers.
Toyota Helps Turn Ann Arbor Into World’s Largest Connected Car Proving Ground
In partnership with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Toyota has established the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment, one of the world’s largest operational real-world deployments of connected vehicles and infrastructure.
Google Robot Car Sideswipes Bus; Consumer Watchdog Reiterates Call For Further Investigation
According to the report on the DMV’s website, the car had moved into the right side of the lane at a traffic light to make a right turn on red, but was blocked by sandbags. The traffic light turned green and several cars started through the intersection. The Google robot car moved back toward the center of the lane to go around the sandbags and sideswiped the bus, which was passing, the report says.
From GlobalBusinessProfessor.com: Thoughts On Volvo’s Unlikely Comeback
Volvo has made no secret of its goal to increase sales in the U.S and investing $500 million in a new 100,000-unit annual capacity plant in South Carolina, scheduled for opening in 2018. But, even recently, it wasn’t always a positive picture.
UK Report Finds Making All Vehicles Autonomous Could Prevent Up To 95 Percent Of All Traffic Accidents
“The benefits to this sort of technology are huge, with estimates that the overall U.K. economic benefit could be as much as £51 billion (approximately $70.96 billion) a year due to fewer accidents, improved productivity and increased trade,” said Philippa Oldham, head of transport at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and lead author of the report.