Americans seem to be holding onto their cars for longer periods of time. Research from IHS Markit shows that the average age of “light vehicles” in operation in the U.S. has risen to 11.9 years. That’s a dramatic increase, considering that in 2002, the U.S. Department...
There is scarcely an aspect of life that has not been thoroughly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has also dramatically exposed the degree to which consumers, employers and workers are relying on connected technology to carry on, whether through video conferencing, telemedicine or...
To bring about the next generation of service-oriented and software-defined automobiles, computing solutions provider GuardKnox has rolled out a new category on the worldwide vehicle supply chain called the Cybertech Tier. The move comes as the firm says non-traditional tech firms are changing the definition of...
The coronavirus has forced a reckoning with daily financial life, with belt-tightening and budgeting. And as tens of millions of Americans stay at home, work from home, shop from home (and have things delivered), and as the kids are learning at home – cars and...
July 31, 2020
Tests of truly autonomous self-driving vehicles have been uneven at best, but with each scraped test hubcap, the concept draws closer to reality. Major automakers are in, with Toyota backing autonomous driving startup Pony.ai and Fiat Chrysler striking a deal with AutoX, the Hong Kong-based firm that has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for […]
May 26, 2020
There is scarcely an aspect of life that has not been thoroughly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has also dramatically exposed the degree to which consumers, employers and...
April 23, 2020
The coronavirus has forced a reckoning with daily financial life, with belt-tightening and budgeting. And as tens of millions of Americans stay at home, work from home, shop from home...
July 12, 2017
The average car generates gigabytes of data already — between the engine, infotainment and other computerized systems. And that is only today — before the addition of things like cameras, in-car commerce...
July 28, 2020
Americans seem to be holding onto their cars for longer periods of time. Research from IHS Markit shows that the average age of “light vehicles” in operation in the U.S. has risen to 11.9 years. That’s a dramatic increase, considering that in 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy reported the length of time owners kept their […]
February 27, 2020
Mercedes-Benz has upgraded its subscription service to include high-performance AMG models, according to a report by The Verge. People who subscribe to this new tier of the service will get...
February 21, 2020
Ride-hailing company Lyft has acquired Halo Cars, an advertising startup that displays ads on top of vehicles, according to a report from Axios. The move illustrates the ride-hailing industry’s attempts...
February 05, 2020
A driverless Nissan Leaf drove 230 miles across England in the most extensive and complicated journey in the country, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Feb. 5). The all-electric LEAF started its...
