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BMW board member in denial about EV revolution (yikes)

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As we recently reported, Klaus Frölich, BMW’s board member in charge of development, recently opened up about the company’s “nightmare”...

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GM’s driverless vehicles require a ‘degree of harmonization’ with governments, innovation chief says

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Ahead of General Motors’ launch of a driverless vehicle fleet in 2019, the legacy automaker is hoping for some cooperation with...

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What’s it like to be driven in a driverless car?

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As driverless car technology becomes more sophisticated, companies are getting closer to developing a truly driverless experience. Compelo...

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Keeping disruption in perspective

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Big shifts are coming to the auto retail world, and dealers say they’re getting ready for them. But don’t fall for all the...

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Change is coming to automobile dealerships

Posted on Oct 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” I was...

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Money and manpower: Autonomous trucks’ two transparent trends

Posted on Oct 12, 2018 in Perspective, Trucks

I’m an outlier when it comes to predicting the advent and everyday use of autonomous vehicles in trucking in that I tend to believe this...

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So, self-driving cars could make humans unhealthier than ever

Posted on Oct 11, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

CARS KILL PEOPLE. More than 37,000 in 2017—what would statistically be considered a good year. Big tech has a solution: Have the cars...

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Everyone’s in the self-driving car game now

Posted on Oct 10, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In 2004, the US military wanted cars to drive themselves 142 miles across California’s Mojave Desert without ending up in a ditch. None...

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Apple, Waymo, and even Amazon will have a huge advantage against Tesla in the race to launch self-driving taxis, one Wall Street analyst says

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas told Business Insider that major tech companies like Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon would have an...

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Autonomous trucks need more than self-driving tech to become reality

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

How does a self-driving truck get dispatched? What happens when it breaks down? If a receiver keeps it sitting waiting to unload? When it...

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The UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless cars

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Stan Boland,...

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Expert: Require autonomous vehicles to be electric

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Transportation planners have long seen the arrival of autonomous vehicles as potential dream or potential nightmare, depending largely on...

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The Princeton Review… of trucking

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Perspective, Trucks

Trucks without drivers are a bad idea. But trains without crews? That’s a good idea. And this could have consequences for the truckload...

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Sen. Peters calls for driverless car bill done by end of year

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, discusses self-driving vehicle legislation with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on “Bloomberg...

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The self-driving car is a moonshot. Let’s not screw it up.

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In the summer of 1969, men first walked on the moon. Nearly 50 years later, there are still no moon colonies or even vacation homes there....

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All eyes are on Columbus, Ohio’s autonomous shuttle pilot

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Buses, Perspective

When it comes to self-driving cars in Ohio, all eyes are on Columbus. Cities across the state, including Athens and Youngstown, are...

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Bringing Honda into autonomous vehicle mission is a logical step, says GM President

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Dan Ammann, General Motors president, speaks to CNBC’s Phil LeBeau and the “Squawk on the Street” team about the...

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GM-Honda is latest big move in global investment wave into autonomous car tech

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

News that Honda will spend a total of $2.75 billion to support development and deployment of autonomous vehicles with General Motors Corp....

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Former GM vice chair, former Chrysler president on autonomous cars race

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Bob Lutz, former GM vice chairman, and Jim Press, former president of Toyota Motor North America and Chrysler, discuss Honda’s...

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Tesla’s ‘leaked’ email about using employees to beta test full self-driving cars makes no sense

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Everyone knows I love Teslas. I just drove a Model S across France, and it was marvelous. But I also have to call it like I see it, and...

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