Tag: connected cars

It’s not all about COVID-19: NMA Auto Tech News for March 15, 2020

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Coronavirus or COVID-19 has already started to dominate the auto tech news sector, but before we do a deep dive, here are two other stories that grabbed my attention over the past three weeks. I was shocked when I read this story from Transport Topics: Starsky Robotics Exits Autonomous […]

The Unintended Consequences of Self-Driving Cars

Driverless cars have not yet attained acceptance all over the world. The big companies like Alphabet’s Waymo are attempting to make driverless cars a reality. With the development of driverless cars, it is clear that driverless or autonomous cars/vehicles (AVs) can be harmful to humans in distinct ways. Not Affordable For All AVs will be […]

Cybersecurity of Connected Autonomous Vehicles Trialed

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) are grabbing the attention of industries, consumers, and government alike. Although autonomous vehicles are being designed with features and capabilities that provide increased satisfaction, safety, and comfort, CAV also introduces a number of privacy and security challenges that introduce digital and physical threats. Researchers at the University of Warwick have […]

Nagging Questions about the Car of the Future

Every day, the NMA Driving News Feed hosts a number of stories about the car of future, which is just one of the things we write about here on the Auto Tech Watch Blog. Numerous names for the car of the future are currently in use: driverless cars, autonomous cars, autonomous vehicles, autonomous-electric cars and […]

Why 5G Technology Is Necessary for the Development of Self-Driving Cars

One of the most exciting developments in technology is undoubtedly that which is related to 5G. The super-fast connectivity that 5G is set to deliver will be utilized in a wide range of ways, including many day-to-day tasks. No wonder everyone is becoming more and more enthusiastic about the development of 5G. In all regards, […]

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 […]

NMA Principle Number 4: Freedom from Invasive Surveillance

The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]

Cars That Talk to Each Other Are Much Easier to Spy On

DIGITALLY CONNECTING CARS to each other and to highway infrastructure promises to drastically reduce collisions and traffic jams. But that wireless vehicular chatter comes at a cost to your privacy: A car that never shuts up may be a lot easier to track. Researchers at the Universities of Twente in the Netherlands and Ulm in […]