Cars Suck Up Data About You. Where Does It All Go?
Cars have become rolling listening posts. They can track phone calls and texts, log queries to websites, record what radio stations you listen to - even tell you when you are breaking the law by exceeding the speed limit.
Automakers, local governments, retailers, insurers and tech companies are eager to leverage this information, especially as cars transform from computers on wheels into something more like self-driving shuttles. And they want to tap into even more data, including what your car's video cameras see as you travel down a street.
Who gets what information and for what purposes? Here is a primer.
Auto Sales Slowdown Continues In July
A mild sales slowdown is expected to continue for July, as forecasters expect U.S. auto sales to fall below July 2016.
Through the first half, U.S. auto sales were down 2 percent from a year ago, to about 8.5 million, analysts said. That's not too bad, considering last year was an all-time sales record.
U.S. automakers have also shrugged off the decline in sales in part because most of the slowdown this year has been in less-profitable sales to fleet customers, including daily rent-a-car companies.
Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety’s Sake
Proponents of self-driving cars say they'll make the world safer, but autonomous vehicles need to predict what bicyclists are going to do.
Now researchers say part of the answer is to have bikes feed information to cars. A few years ago on Google's campus, Nathaniel Fairfield arranged an unusual lunch break.
He asked a bunch of staff to hop on bikes and ride around and around a self-driving car to collect data. "It was kind of gorgeous," he says.
WIFM at AFLA Conference: Kathleen Nalty — ‘Outsmart Your Unconscious Bias’
AFLA is excited to announce Women In Fleet Management (WIFM), will once again hold their annual session and reception at this year's Annual Corporate Fleet Conference (AFLA 2017), on Sunday, September 17th, at the M Resort in Las Vegas, NV.
Kathleen Nalty will be the keynote speaker at WIFM's session: 'Outsmart Your Unconscious Bias.' Despite our best intentions, research shows we all have it – unconscious, unintentional bias.
Tesla’s Model 3 Is Here, and It’s Much More Than an Electric Car
The air was electric in Fremont, California, where a lucky few gathered to witness a momentous moment.
Thirty employees rubbed their hands together in glee, awaiting their prize after months of waiting. Elsewhere around the world, the faithful - the 500,000-odd people who threw down a $1,000 reservation deposit months ago - refresh their email for notifications. Happy Model 3 Day, Tesla fans.
Everyone is excited for a reason.
