As four technology trends reshape the global automotive sector, customer preferences are moving away from its traditional strongholds, such as chassis and engine development.
This shift in customer preferences and the sheer size of the automotive sector have attracted new players: a potent mix of large high-tech companies and start-ups. Both differ from the automotive incumbents on virtually every level.
These new entrants and the disruptive trends they bring—electrification, autonomous driving, diverse mobility, and connectivity—will transform typically vertically integrated automotive value chains into a complex, horizontally structured ecosystem.
More test cars on the road, fewer human-enabled controls like steering wheels and brake pedals, and more protections for sensitive industry information are all on the wish list this year for developers working to make vehicles fully autonomous.
In comments filed on Tuesday, the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets — founded in April and led by Uber, Google, Lyft, Ford and Volvo — urged federal authorities to loosen guidelines issued in September on the testing and deployment of fully autonomous vehicles.
Hackers can steal your car—and a lot more—through your phone.
An often-asserted downside of internet-connected vehicles is that they’re subject to various forms of hacking, including theft.
On Wednesday, a Norwegian security company called Promon claimed to have found something like the Holy Grail of vehicle hacking—by compromising a Tesla owner’s Android phone, they could take control of Tesla’s mobile app and steal the car.
The hack relies on tricking a Tesla owner into downloading a malicious app, for instance through a spoofed public Wi-Fi hotspot that would direct them to a deceptive Google Play download.
NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA) is pleased to announce its next accredited fleet via NAFA’s Sustainable Fleet Accreditation Program is the fleet of Holman Parts Distribution.
The company joins an ever-growing list of NAFA-accredited fleets that have successfully demonstrated that a credible sustainability plan is in place, and real, meaningful progress is being made toward reducing their total emissions and the negative environmental impact via extraneous carbon fuel usage
Hmmmm … it’s half the cost of a new truck and it comes with a 3-year/75,000-mile warranty?
Yes.
A vehicle remanufacturer in Tyler, Texas, rebuilds fleet vehicles, including trucks and vans, in a short amount of time and can save fleet owners plenty of money.
“The guy or gal who owns a new fleet is going to save half the cost of a new vehicle and run it for twice as long. Someone please tell me what’s wrong with this model,” Vehicle Reman Marketing Director Steve Belden told Hard Working Trucks.