Autonomous Driving Will Bring Forced Obsolescence to Cars
The concept of built-in obsolescence should be familiar to anyone that has ever bought a piece of advanced consumer electronics.
Back in the early 2000s, a brand new gaming PC would be out of date faster than its owner could notify all his or her friends of the acquisition. Over the past decade, smartphones have taken over as the devices that keep tempting us to buy new hardware with ever-escalating specs and capabilities.
And as we look forward to the next few years, it looks like self-driving car technology will be one of the fastest-moving areas of innovation.
All Above Average Drivers: Raise Your Hand. Really?
By Art Liggio, President and CEO, Driving Dynamics
Each year Driving Dynamics trains thousands of drivers across North America through its one day, behind-the-wheel advanced safety courses.
During the group discussions our instructors normally ask trainees to ‘raise their hand if they feel they’re above average drivers. Invariably, the vast majority do raise their hands backed up by comments such as: “Well yes, I’m an excellent driver. I haven’t had a ticket since I was a teenager.” “You bet I am, I haven’t had an accident or a fender bender in over 20 years.”
These interesting anecdotes go on and on, but do most people actually believe they are above average drivers?
Q&A: Kfir Lavi at ERM Advanced Telematics — Delivering Innovative Solutions to Complex Needs
By Janice Sutton
We recently interviewed Kfir Lavi, Senior Vice President at ERM Advanced Telematics and asked him to give us an overview of the company and a view of the telematics solutions they are offering their fleet management service providers.
Among the topics Lavi addresses are ERM’s driver behavior monitoring, their unique tracking devices, vehicle diagnostic solutions, wireless connectivity, and at the top of many of our minds, cybersecurity.
Lavi says, “ERM is a provider of device-based telematics solutions. Over the years, we have developed an extensive portfolio of innovative solutions that support a growing range of telematics and fleet management services.
We create partnerships with fleet management service providers, who in turn, develop applications for their customers on our Starlink platform. We are based in Israel, and we have been in this business for over 30 years. Today, we have partners in more than 65 countries. Our devices have been installed in more than 1.5m vehicles worldwide.”
Motiv CEO Selected for Silicon Valley Business Journal: 40 Under 40
Motiv is honored to have their CEO and Founder, Jim Castelaz, featured in Silicon Valley Business Journal: 40 under 40.
As CEO, Jim holds the vision for the future of electronic trucks and drives the strategic and technical direction of Motiv. Fueled by a passion for the environment and a curiosity for EV, eight years ago he got to work on a solution to free commercial fleets from their dependency on fossil fuels.
Motiv's All-Electric Powertrain couples the best of advanced power electronics and software with off-the-shelf batteries and components. With this approach, the All-Electric Powertrain can fit on popular existing chassis types, work with any present or future battery and motor, scale up and down to fit any truck or bus size, and empower existing truck builders to offer electric options of their current vehicles.
Center for Transportation Safety Added to Driving Dynamics Portfolio, Vinciguerra Named COO
Driving Dynamics Inc. today announced a strategic alliance agreement with Element Fleet Management. Under the agreement, Driving Dynamics now operates the Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) LLC. As a Driving Dynamics subsidiary, CTS provides safety training for drivers of all classes of vehicles to reduce organizational risk and educational training to qualify drivers for their Commercial Drivers Licenses.
With this move, Tony Vinciguerra, with more than three decades of industry expertise, has joined Driving Dynamics’ executive leadership team and been named as its new chief operating officer (COO).
