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7th September 2018

Day Two: Connected Car Insurance USA 2018

Is customer experience the key to insurance success? Susan Kuchinskas reports. The second day of the Chicago conference had a strong focus on consumer experience, that somewhat elusive concept...

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6th September 2018

MaaS Platforms Could Save Millions of Hours Travel Time

Adoption of mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platforms will replace more than 2.3Bn urban private car journeys annually by 2023, compared with just 17.6M globally in 2018, according to a report from...

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6th September 2018

Night Blindness Blinkers the Bots

The need for a cocktail of sensors challenges early mass adoption of driverless tech, Eric Volkman discovers. It’s interesting how a little darkness can make a lot of trouble...

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6th September 2018

Auto Infrastructure Depends on Partnerships, Says City Hall

Detroit looking at smart infrastructure and who will pay for it, Garry Bulluck tells Louis Bedigian. Smart infrastructure could be one of the most challenging and costly aspects of...

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6th September 2018

Day One: Connected Car Insurance USA 2018

What will it take to become Amazon of insurers, Susan Kuchinskas tries to find out. Consumers are picky and spoiled by Amazon. As Shawn Broadfield, vice-president of claims innovation...

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5th September 2018

Mercedes Pointer to EVs as Mainstream

The market for all-electric luxury vehicles is starting to heat up, with Daimler announcing a battery-powered Mercedes crossover SUV as BMW and Audi prepare their own new models. Daimler...

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5th September 2018

Volvo Calls for Global Driverless-to-Human Communication Standard

Volvo is calling for a global standard for driverless vehicle communications as it launch its 360c autonomous concept. The concept’s aim is to tackle one of the main challenges...

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5th September 2018

At Last Mercedes Enters the EV Bull-Pit

It might be seen as something of a Johnnie-come-lately but Mercedes-Benz, two years after showing its first all-electric concept vehicle at the Paris Motor Show, has unveiled its new...

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4th September 2018

Boom in Ride-Hailing Led by Asia, Report Claims

A mobility study on regional ride-hailing markets claims that 16Bn ride-hailing trips were completed worldwide in 2017 and forecasts 24Bn completed trips by the end of 2018. The report...

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4th September 2018

NXP Acquires OmniPHY Targeting Auto Ethernet

The two companies will combine efforts to develop high-speed Ethernet connectivity for autonomous vehicles and their embedded applications. Automotive semiconductor supplier NXP acquired OmniPHY, a provider of automotive Ethernet-subsystem...

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4th September 2018

VW Acquires Stake in Autonomous Driving Specialist FDTech

Germany’s FDTech specializes in developing the algorithms that help keep autonomous vehicles on the road. Auto giant Volkswagen has announced it has bought a minority stake in FDTech, a...

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4th September 2018

PSA Promises Smart Assistant in Vehicles by 2020

The PSA Group has promised to have a smart assistant in its vehicles within the next two years. It has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Silicon Valley start-up...

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3rd August 2023

BMW ‘Not Ready’ to Give Up on ICE

BMW is committed to continued investment in ICE powertrains despite its acceleration of development funds into BEV models. That’s because the...

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