automotive

New Car Sales Expected to Reach Highest Level Since 2019 
New Car Sales Expected to Reach Highest Level Since 2019 
December 21, 2023  |  Transportation

The automotive industry in the United States is reportedly set to experience a slight increase in new car sales in 2024.  Industry analysts’ projections indicate...

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Just Eat Takeaway.com Testing In-Car Apps for Placing Orders 
Just Eat Takeaway.com Testing In-Car Apps for Placing Orders 
December 20, 2023  |  Transportation

Online food delivery marketplace Just Eat Takeaway.com is testing in-car applications that will let drivers use their car screen to place orders.  The Amsterdam-based firm is collaborating...

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TomTom Develops In-Car Voice AI Assistant With Microsoft
TomTom Develops In-Car Voice AI Assistant With Microsoft
December 19, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Mapping/navigation company TomTom says it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, in-car conversational assistant in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool offers enhanced voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and...

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Negative Equity Among Car Owners Reaches Pre-COVID Rates
Negative Equity Among Car Owners Reaches Pre-COVID Rates
December 17, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

An increasing number of drivers reportedly owe more on their loans than their cars are worth. It’s a situation known as negative equity, and last...

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AT&T to Buy Rivian Electric Vehicles, Become Exclusive Connectivity Provider
AT&T to Buy Rivian Electric Vehicles, Become Exclusive Connectivity Provider
December 14, 2023  |  Connected Economy

AT&T will buy Rivian electric vehicles (EVs) and add those vehicles to its fleet in early 2024. In addition, AT&T was named the exclusive connectivity...

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Autonomous Trucking Company TuSimple Begins Winding Down Operations in US
Autonomous Trucking Company TuSimple Begins Winding Down Operations in US
December 05, 2023  |  Shipping

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple is laying off most of its U.S. staff and winding down its operations in the country. The company is reducing its...

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Amazon Puts Alexa in the Driver’s Seat, Walmart Revs Up Package Delivery
Amazon Puts Alexa in the Driver’s Seat, Walmart Revs Up Package Delivery
November 24, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon and Walmart are revving up their engines with initiatives set to hit consumers by the year’s end or the start of 2024. The projects...

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This Week in AI: Sam Altman, for-Profits and Enterprise Accelerationism
This Week in AI: Sam Altman, for-Profits and Enterprise Accelerationism
November 22, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

The generative artificial intelligence landscape showed some of its biggest growing pains this week. And those growing pains gave industry observers a case of whiplash....

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Sheeva.AI and Visa Team to Tokenize In-Car Payments
Sheeva.AI and Visa Team to Tokenize In-Car Payments
November 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Sheeva.AI and Visa Acceptance Solutions have teamed to launch a tokenization platform for in-vehicle commerce. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Nov. 21) will see Sheeva.AI — an in-vehicle payments...

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