Swiveling seats? Movies projected across the windshield? Social media feeds on the windows?
As driverless car technology develops, companies, design institutes and researchers are asking the question: What does the car of the future look like on the inside?
With companies like Google, Uber and others racing ahead to develop fully autonomous vehicles, the era of the driver hunched over the steering wheel may eventually give way to a living room on wheels.
Your car can lug home your groceries or propel you across the country to enjoy new vistas with old friends.
But it can also leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere or worse, injured and trapped in a tangle of glass and steel. There's no shame in calling for help to get you out of a bind. But, with the right hardware stashed away in your glovebox and trunk, you could save yourself the expense of a roadside assistance call, or even rescue yourself or another motorist.
Not sure of where to start? We've got your back. We spent days testing these 11 pieces of hardware and found them to be not only reliable, but easy to use.
In the latest Kontos Kommentary, Tom Kontos, Chief Economist at KAR Auction Services, provides his insight and updates regarding used vehicle market conditions. To read the entire Kontos Kommentary for May 2017, visit https://www.adesa.com/kontos-kommentary
WEX Inc. and GasBuddy announced the companies have forged a strategic partnership focused on the retail gasoline market for consumers.
The partnership will focus on innovations that bring added convenience and savings to the more than 200 million driving consumers in the United States that fill up at retail gasoline stations, and represents a continued focus by WEX to expand the company’s offering to the business to business to consumer (B2B2C) space.
"WEX is keen to develop new opportunities that leverage our massive advantage in infrastructure and payments expertise to open new markets,” said Nicola Morris, senior vice president of corporate development at WEX. “We are excited to partner with GasBuddy to explore bringing new levels of convenience and value to the marketplace.”
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