J.D. Power Study Reveals Impacts Of Technology On Reliability Of Vehicles
Audio, communication, entertainment and navigation (ACEN) is now the most problematic area on most vehicles and is the cause of the industry’s 3 percent year-over-year decline in vehicle dependability, according to the study.
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.
Self-Driving Vehicle Demonstration To Be Held At Fresno State
The shuttle is about the size of a golf cart and can reach speeds of up to 25 miles per hour, but will be travel about 10 miles per hour for the pilot project. The demonstration is part of a series of events hosted by the Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State to commemorate National Engineers Week, Feb. 21-27.
MEMA Weighs In On NHTSA ‘Self-Driving’ Car Ruling
The legal analysis prepared for MEMA suggests that NHTSA may be moving toward recognizing self-driving systems as the vehicle’s driver for purposes of compliance with current safety regulations.
Ford Patented A Record Number Of Inventions That Drive Innovation In Autonomous, Connected Vehicles, Electrification, Wearables
Innovators at Ford submitted nearly 6,000 new inventions in 2015, with many related to autonomous and connected vehicles, wearable devices, eBikes, navigation, ride-sharing platforms and other technologies – an increase of 36 percent from 2014.
Self-Driving Cars To Take Off By 2021, Approaching 20M On The Road By 2025
The research found that, in the interim, consumer usage of Advanced Driving Assistance System technologies such as adaptive cruise control and automated braking will become the key to prepare drivers for the psychological change.
US Officials Rethinking Position On Self-Driving Cars
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said, with the technology’s rapid development, the federal policy is being updated.
Telematics To Power More Than 73M Commercial Vehicles By 2020, According To ABI Research
While telematics increasingly empowers the knowledge worker, new smart mobility paradigms are already appearing on the horizon, threatening to disrupt the status quo.
Toyota Testing ‘Highway Teammate’ Self-Driving Car
Toyota announced it has been testing a new automated driving test vehicle called Highway Teammate, with the aim of launching related products by around 2020.
Google’s Self-Driving Car Gets Rear-Ended Again
According to Google, this accident, like the other two in June, was 100 percent human error with Google not holding any of the blame.
