An oft-cited reason people don’t buy electric cars is “range anxiety” — if batteries struggle to take you as far as gas and charging stations are limited in number, the thinking goes, who would want one?
But there is another obstacle: charging time trauma.
Compared with a five-minute pit stop at your local gas station, charging an electric vehicle is a glacially slow experience.
Wheels, Inc.has announced the promotion of Dan Frank from President of Wheels, Inc. to the additional position of Chief Executive Officer Jim Frank will transition from CEO to Executive Chairman of the Board.
The Wheels Board of Directors, which consists of four independent directors and two Wheels executives, recommended and enthusiastically supported Dan’s promotion. Dan is the third CEO in Wheels’ 78 year history, following Armund Schoen and Jim Frank, both founding members of the Automotive Fleet Hall of Fame. “Dan’s total commitment to extraordinary customer service and uncompromising quality assure that Wheels will continue its industry-wide reputation for reliability and value creation for its clients,” said Jim Frank.
People under the influence of drugs and alcohol should be able to use driverless cars without falling foul of the law, a regulatory body in Australia has suggested.
The National Transport Commission (NTC), an independent advisory body, said current laws could reduce the uptake of automated vehicles.
One of those potential barriers could be any law that requires occupants of self-driving cars to comply with drink-driving laws.
In a 2015 interview, Elon Musk pointed out that recent advances in auto technology could lead to human-operated vehicles becoming illegal someday.
While this may seem ludicrous to some, it could play out sooner than you think. By 2025 — just a few short years away — the auto industry’s autonomous segment is projected to reach a worth of $26 billion, according to insights from Bain & Company.
Some estimates even project as many as 10 million self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020.
By now, you've seen the renderings and heard the promises. Someday, robocars will dominate American roadways, each racing along just inches from its neighbors, safely under the control of a computer that never makes mistakes.
No more congestion, fewer atmosphere-choking emissions, and crucially, a drastic drop in deadly crashes.
Someday. Autonomous vehicles are truly on the way, but until they complete their conquest, they'll have to share the road with awful human drivers.