Second-Generation Toyota Safety Sense Collision-Avoidance Package Features Expanded Capabilities
The second generation of Toyota Safety Sense has been expanded to help improve driver situational awareness while providing additional protections for a pedestrian or bicyclist in front of the vehicle, the automaker said.
1956 GM Motorama Film Predicts a Future with Self-Driving Cars
For the 1956 Motorama, GM produced a short film called “Key to the Future,” in which a family travels through time to the distant future of 1976.
Automotive Telematics Systems Revenues Expected to Reach $6.7 Billion Globally in 2023
Global revenue from automotive telematics systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 17 percent to more than $6.7 billion by the end of 2023, according to new research from business information provider IHS Markit.
Is Your Body Shop Planning for Scanning?
What’s the best way to handle scanning, purchasing a scan tool or subletting your scanning or recalibration? I wish there was one plan or program that fits all, but there isn’t.
Vehicle Mirrors Could Be Replaced by Cameras in Not-So-Distant Future
Rear-view and side-view mirrors will become increasingly sophisticated over the next decade, so much so that they might not exist as we know them today.
Ford Pledges $5M to Support American Center for Mobility
Contribution will go toward supporting connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology development.
Colorado Unveils Self-Driving Truck Designed to Shield Road Workers from Motorists
As the automotive industry feverishly works to develop driverless technology that avoids collisions, Colorado is deploying autonomous trucks that are designed to get into collisions.
Pre- and Post-Repair Scanning: Plugging into the Truth
Scanning has become a necessary step to determine whether all the sophisticated electronics and safety features in today’s high-tech vehicles are functioning properly – before and after the repair.
Ontario, Michigan Launch Canada’s First Cross-Border Automated-Vehicle Test Drive
Transportation officials from Michigan and Ontario said they’ve completed North America’s first national cross-border test of automated vehicles.
Bosch Survey: New Car Buyers are Bullish on Automated Vehicle Adoption
According to a Bosch study, more than 52 percent of new car buyers expect to own at least one self-driving automobile in their household in the next 10 years.
