OEMs Worry Autonomous Vehicles Will Make Drivers Worse
While the stated goal of developing driverless vehicles is to make our roads safer, the OEMs are concerned that autonomous technology will have the unintended consequence of making drivers even less engaged in the driving process than they are now.
Consumer Watchdog Urges Congress to Let States Set Safety Standards for Autonomous Vehicles
As a House subcommittee considered more than a dozen bills proposing various federal standards for self-driving vehicles, the group Consumer Watchdog expressed concern that a federal proposal to pre-empt state safety regulations “would leave a regulatory void without meaningful safety protections.”
Bosch, TomTom: HD Map Uses Radar Signals to Let Autonomous Vehicles Know Where They Are
The map’s integrated Radar Road Signature layer allows self-driving vehicles to determine their exact location on a road within a few centimeters, according to the companies.
GM’s Quest to be a Leader in Autonomous Vehicles Highlighted in New York Times Piece
A June 4 New York Times article looks at GM’s big bet on self-driving cars, and suggests that driverless vehicles might be on our streets “sooner than we think.”
U.S. Lags Behind U.K. in Preparing for Insuring Autonomous Vehicles
The United Kingdom has lapped the United States in preparing for how to insure autonomous vehicles, according to an article on PropertCasualty360.com.
Connecticut Senate Approves Pilot Program for Testing Autonomous Vehicles
A bipartisan bill sponsored by state Sen. Carlo Leone creates a pilot program in four Connecticut cities to test self-driving vehicles.
Insurers Will Need to Cash in on Autonomous Vehicles by 2025, Report Says
The rise of autonomous vehicles will be a mixed blessing for U.S. auto insurers, according to a new report.
Autonomous Vehicles Will Shrink Automakers’ Collision Parts Revenue By Nearly 50 Percent By 2030, KPMG Projects
KPMG projects that OEMs’ collision parts sales, which was $5.6 billion in 2015, could drop to $2.7 billion by 2030 and dwindle to $1.4 billion by 2040.
Uber to Open Toronto Research Hub for Autonomous Vehicles
Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, which also has research hubs in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, will set up shop in Toronto to “further strengthen our self-driving engineering efforts,” Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote in a blog post.
Report: Ford Leads the Way in Developing Autonomous Vehicles
Navigant Research report indicates Ford – not Tesla, not Google – ranks highest for strategy and execution among the major players when it comes to developing automated driving systems.
