A Long, Long Away to go for Driverless Car and other Auto Tech News
The New York Times posted an article this week entitled: Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars are ‘Way in the Future.” Indeed they are…something I’ve been saying ever since I started writing about the car of the future and auto tech. Ford’s CEO Jim Hackett said in April, “We overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles.” The […]
Wi-Fi vs. 5G, Battery in the Cloud, a Wheel that Does Everything and Hydrogen Flying Cars
So much news in the Auto Tech Watch, we barely have time to write it all down. Here is the most recent score card on partnerships and hook ups in the Car of the Future Space from the past two weeks. BMW and Daimler are teaming up to develop driverless and electric cars. Volkswagen and […]
Where’s Our Cut from Data Mining of our Cars?
You’ve probably seen people driving around in cars covered over or “wrapped” with advertisements for some service or product and wondered how much the owner got paid to allow his car to be transformed into a mobile billboard. But he is at least getting paid. The non-wrapped cars are working, too but their owners aren’t being […]
How Ride-Sharing Spells Trouble for Car Lovers
36% of adults in America have used a ride-hailing service in 2018 compared to just 15% in 2015. Statistics are often misleading though, and it seems like rural America has yet to buy into the gig-economy revolution: only about 1 in 5 adults living outside of urban centers has ever set foot in an Uber. […]
Car Sickness is a Thing with Driverless Cars
I admit it I suffer from motion sickness, especially when it is hot out, and the sun hurts my eyes. Reading sometime will do it. Sometimes, this happens in a car, definitely happens in a boat, and I don’t think I will ever be able to use a VR headset, unfortunately. In a car, I […]
The Future of Plug-in Hybrids
On the face of it, a plug-in hybrid seems to be a sweet and addictive trend. The efficient properties such as reducing the reliance on fossil fuels have made plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to be quite attractive. They are also useful to drivers who are curious about Electric Vehicles (EV) because they allow them […]
4 Technologies That Support Safe Driving
When you think about technology in your car, you probably think about your infotainment system, the car’s stereo, and maybe the navigation system. But there are actually quite a few new technologies that you can use while you’re driving to make spending time on the road safer. Everything from modern camera systems integrated into the […]
Car as a Service: A Forced Trend Going Nowhere Fast
RoadShow recently ran a guide to car subscription plans that run the gamut in type and price. It got me to thinking–do people really want to pay for a car subscription which seems like a cross between car renting and car leasing? It’s a lot more expensive than owning or leasing a car, so why […]
So Much Auto Tech News—So Little Time April 28, 2019 Edition
Auto Technology seems to be moving at the speed of light and then sometimes it isn’t. Here are a few insights from the past several weeks in the world of Auto Tech. Satellite Cars An opinion piece from Satellite Today suggests that connecting driverless cars is a bit more complicated than first realized. The author […]
The GPS Granny Nanny
America is slowing down. How long before it stops entirely? Literally stops? A reader who is a commercial driver wrote to tell me about how his work vehicle is monitored and controlled via the safety tech that is coming soon to your garage and may already be there, just waiting to be fully enabled. His […]