Tesla all over the Map and other Auto Tech Watch News for February 9, 2020
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The electric car company Tesla run by CEO Elon Musk seemed to pull in a great deal of news the past several weeks. The biggest was probably this story: Tesla, which has never had a profitable year, is now worth more than GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Combined. The […]
CES 2020 Auto Tech Announcements Part 2 and a whole lot more: NMA Auto Tech Watch for January 26, 2020
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Even though CES 2020, the world’s largest tech convention (always in Las Vegas) ended at the beginning of the month, there is always a great deal of gestation that occurs by auto journalists to pick the best of the news and views. There is other news too so check […]
CES 2020 Announcements and a whole lot more: Auto Tech Watch for January 12, 2020
CES 2020, the biggest tech convention in the world, hit Los Vegas this past week. CES has become the showcase for all the practical and fantastical upcoming tech across the board including the car of the future. Let’s dig right in to some of the bigger announcements: Product Development: Amazon will expand its voice AI […]
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 […]
Phantom Brakes, Drones, Flying Cars, and a Chain that won’t Break: this week’s NMA Auto Tech Watch News Roundup for October 27, 2019
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director I’ve always been fascinated by advancements in the auto tech world. Some of these tech devices work well, some don’t and some we’re not sure of yet. That’s what makes learning about these advancements so much fun! Check out this week’s NMA Auto Tech Watch Roundup! The Phantom Brakes […]
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 […]
Is Uber’s Plan for a Flying Car Safe?
Uber has been in the news a lot lately — and not all of the press has been good, especially after one of its self-driving cars killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona during a test drive. That, and some of the other bad Uber press, makes us extremely skeptical about the announcement that Uber is […]