Ford Gears Up By Creating New Autonomous Subdivision
In order to accelerate its self-driving car technology, Ford will be investing $4 billion in creating a subdivision called Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, based in Ford's Corktown Campus in Detroit.
"Ford has made tremendous progress across the self driving value chain - from technology development to business model innovation to user experience," said Ford president and CEO Jim Hackett in a statement. "Now is the right time to consolidate our autonomous driving platform into one team to best position the business for the opportunities ahead."
Read the article at MSN.
Flying Car Technology Will Likely Move Faster Than Regulators
Members of Uber, Bell and Terrafugia, three companies with ambitious plans to launch flying taxi services in the next few years, were present at a recent two-hour meeting of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology. They believe that it will probably be harder and take longer to approve flying passenger vehicles than most people think.
John-Paul Clarke, an aerospace engineer at Georgia Tech and member of a National Academy of Science panel said he foresees a future where the FAA sets minimum standards, and then each city hires its own private air traffic controllers.
Read the article at Wired.
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Without Government Support, Alternative Fuel Vehicles Won’t Catch On
A new European study says that without "robust" government policies and incentives for consumers to buy them, electric and other alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) won't rise above 1 percent of all vehicles on the road by 2050, but with them reaching more than 25 percent.
"Behavior-influencing policies to encourage the use of AFVs include fuel taxes, vehicle subsidies, technology mandates, efficiency standards, investment in refueling infrastructure and dedicated parking spaces, as well as social-media campaigns and car-sharing networks to demonstrate the technology...
"Without any such policies, AFVs will remain a niche market, with a share hovering around 1% for the foreseeable future – hardly greater than today, the researchers say."
Read the article at Wards Auto.
