Ride-sharing services have a wide-open future, says Vulog

Which entities are best-suited to deploy, operate and profit from ride-sharing services? Many more than might seem obvious, according to Alex Thibault, general manager, North America, for Vulog, provider...

Connectivity must be available everywhere for in-vehicle emergency calling to be effective

Self-driving vehicles will dramatically reduce or altogether eliminate motor vehicle accidents and accompanying casualties, fatalities and property damage. That is the hope of the automotive community of manufacturers, suppliers,...

Future technology leaves Ford designers with ‘blank sheet’ thinking

Advanced technology will alter not just the way our vehicles function but also radically change how they are going to look in future. That’s the opinion of Chris Bird,...

Autonomous-as-a-service will boost adoption

“Dramatic benefits are expected to be reaped by society because of the advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs) have a big caveat which assumes a 50% to even a 90%...

Tested: Ford Edge Vignale 2.0 TDCI – premium tech for ‘the masses’

Technology in cars is not unlike technology anywhere – when it works it’s great, when it doesn’t it’s less than useless. Perhaps the only difference in the automotive world...

Tested: Plugged into the luxury of DS 7 Crossback

DS is making a pitch to be seen as a standalone luxury brand in its own right and not just a sub-brand of Citroën the builder of one of...

It’ll be a beauty contest for connectivity, say BMW and SEAT

Carmakers are becoming open to setting up the sort of free-wheeling relationships normally associated with internet dating agencies in a bid to keep their connected car services up-to-date and...

Bikers want technology but no loss of control, says BMW

While many features of connected technology are migrating from four wheels to two, there are currently no plans to add autonomous driving to the motorcycle experience. That’s because the...

Lincoln will not overwhelm consumers with new tech

Carmakers will have to think long and hard over how they implement future technologies to guard against ‘overwhelming’ consumers. That’s the opinion of Molly Cosgrove brand manager Lincoln Navigator...

DS plots its course for the connected car

Connectivity should be seen as a major liberator for automotive industry too often trammelled by the constraints of its hardware. This is the opinion of Yves Bonnefont director general...

Regulators must be shown the benefit of autonomous vehicles

Regulations are one of the leading concerns surrounding the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles. Lawmakers must create and agree on the rules of the road before autonomous technology...

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