

The Silliest Mobility and Car Tech at CES 2020
Hyundai Uber Taxi Last year, Bell installed a giant drone mockup on the CES show floor, drawing stares from thousands of visitors. This...
By John R. Quain
Jan 9, 2020


Ford: More Money for EVs and AVs
Closing out 12 months that will become known as the Big Self-Driving Car Reset, Ford Motor Co. is putting its money where the future is...
By John R. Quain
Dec 17, 2019


What Autonomous Cars Can't See Can Hurt You
In a year when the autonomous vehicle business has hit a big reset button, consensus is growing among designers that self-driving cars...
By John R. Quain
Oct 25, 2019


Best Electric Cars, Dyson Won't Be One of Them
Vacuum maker Dyson abandoned its efforts to enter the electric car market this week. Unable to find a way to make it "commercially...
By John R. Quain
Oct 11, 2019


Amazon Bets on EVs
Electric vehicles--and Ford-backed Rivian in particular--got another kick in the collective rear bumper this week, thanks to Amazon....
By John R. Quain
Sep 20, 2019


What GM's Adoption of Google's Android Really Means
The fight for the dashboard has been an ongoing software battle for more than a decade. But in recent years, it has lost much of its...
By John R. Quain
Sep 10, 2019


Is Parking the First Task to Go Autonomous?
Last week's announcement that Bosch and Mercedes-Benz would begin the first government approved deployment of a fully-autonomous driving...
By John R. Quain
Jul 31, 2019


Autonomous Shuttles: The Trouble With Pedestrians
Last week, a Navya self-driving shuttle in a residential Vienna neighborhood bumped into a pedestrian. The female walker reportedly...
By John R. Quain
Jul 22, 2019


The Great Race to Autonomy: Ford, VW Tighten Partnerships
Ford and Volkswagen confirmed what many have argued for some time: the future of transportation will be electric and autonomous--and it's...
By John R. Quain
Jul 12, 2019


Annals of Micromobility: E-Scooter Insurance
E-scooters--it's all fun and games until you fall off and hurt yourself--or someone else. Many people have opined about what happens to...
By John R. Quain
Jun 28, 2019


















































