Eye-Net Mobile Successfully Completes Controlled-Environment Trial Of Accident Prevention Solution
The trial, conducted in a designated test track, was designed to demonstrate Eye-Net’s advanced capabilities of protecting vehicles and vulnerable road users from oncoming collisions, to test the system’s performance and robustness, and to discuss possible suitability of the Eye-Net solution for the connected car platforms of a leading vehicle manufacturer.
Eye-Net Mobile Completes Successful Large-Scale Trial Of Cellular-Based Accident-Prevention Solution
More than 8,500 users from across Israel and abroad participated in the trial, according to the company.
Nominations Open For Russ Verona Memorial Award, Jeff Silver Award
Former I-CAR CEO Jeff Silver saw the need for industry recognition as one of the forefathers of the I-CAR Gold Class and Platinum Recognition programs. Once the Gold class program was launched, no one embraced it faster than Russ Verona, a mentor, friend and role model for the collision industry who owned and operated the first Gold Class business.
Guest Commentary: Digitizing The Social Contract For Safer Roads
In this Intel Editorial, Erez Dagan, executive vice president for Products and Strategy at Mobileye and a vice president at Intel Corp., looks at the challenging issue of incorporating human rules of the road into the autonomous vehicle framework. Dagan says Responsibility-Sensitive Safety, the same framework that solves the road safety challenge for autonomous vehicles, also is capable of dramatically improving the safety of the road today via advanced driver assistance systems. The solution digitizes the mostly informal, hard-to-enforce “social contract” that governs road safety today.
Standard Motor Products Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Elias Fife founded the company on April 19, 1919.
I-CAR Contributes $225,000 To Collision Repair Education Foundation
The financial contribution by I-CAR is in addition to the support I-CAR provides to the Education Foundation’s mission through local committees across the country. The monetary contribution assists the Education Foundation’s ability to offer collision school tool, equipment and instructor training grants and student scholarships across the U.S.
Former MEMA President Bob Miller Passed Away Feb. 9
Miller served as MEMA president from 1991 until 2000. During his tenure, MEMA consolidated the headquarters of the association and two subsidiaries from locations in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and Cleveland, Ohio, to Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He also led the effort to raise MEMA’s presence on behalf of suppliers in Washington, D.C., increasing association staff and resources in the nation’s capital.
Five Minutes With Danielle Orlando, General Manager Of Marketing For NGK
Every so often, our editorial staff selects one aftermarket industry professional to get to know a little better. Participants are asked to respond to a series of questions that can be answered in about the same amount of time you might spend chatting at the office coffee pot or waiting for an elevator. In today’s installment of “Five Minutes With,” we want to introduce you to Danielle Orlando, general manager of marketing for NGK Spark Plugs – Aftermarket Division, located in Wixom, Michigan.
Trends: How Much Value Does Your Business Get From Sponsored Events?
Sponsored event influence on new vehicle purchases has increased 300 percent in the past five years, according to Foresight Research. Could these numbers translate to auto parts and accessories?
Electric Vehicle Mileage Share To Exceed 20 Percent By 2030, But Urban Charging, Grid Challenges Loom Large
Smart cities transportation electrification will be multimodal, with EVs complemented by electric two-wheel vehicles (bikes, scooters and motorbikes), shuttles, boats and future passenger-carrying drones.
