By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Transportation Secretary Elaine Chou made a big splash this week announcing a voluntary reporting mechanism for driverless car companies and states. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration calls the new program, Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing, or AV TEST. It will be online, and anyone with […]
204 Blog Posts From the Electric Vehicle Tag
NHTSA launches Voluntary Website Platform for AV Testing—Why do we Need This?
June 21, 2020 • 0 Comments • connected cars, DRIVERLESS CARS, DRONES, Electric Vehicle, LEGISLATION, NHTSA, SAFETY, V2X
“Eyeballin’ It” vs. AI—which would You Choose for Your Regular Drive?
May 31, 2020 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DRIVERLESS CARS, Driverless Trucks, Electric Vehicle, Technology
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Who decided that we wanted driverless cars anyway? More people drive than ever before even though there are coalitions upon coalitions trying to get us out of our cars, and some even want to prevent us from leisure driving during the current crisis. An opinion piece came out this […]
Another Study on Why we don’t like Driverless Cars
May 24, 2020 • 1 Comment • Auto Industry, connected cars, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, Mass Transit, PRIVACY, Ridesharing, road safety, SAFETY, Technology, Traffic Tickets
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director I don’t know about you, but I am tired of seeing stories on why we don’t “like” driverless cars. How many studies has it been already? The latest study comes from an advocacy group called Partner for Automated Vehicle Education or PAVE. Nearly half of the 1,200 adults surveyed […]
Stop-Start Shuffle
In the 1970s, cars would sometimes stall out in traffic but not on purpose. You’d push on the gas, but the car wouldn’t go. Horn honking frustration would ensue as the driver of the conked out car tried to get it going again. Today, undoing decades of refinement, cars conk out on purpose at every red light […]
BMW, General Motors, Ford to Start Testing Blockchain Payments in Cars
• May 3, 2020 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Blockchain, CELL PHONE, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Parking, Technology, tolls
Over the past few years, several automakers have begun exploring blockchain technology and its integration. It includes blockchain for autonomous vehicles, as well as integration with the supply chain. Blockchain may even become popular in the automotive industry in the same way that revolutionary technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance GPS, and sensors are. In […]
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