Lyft Says, ‘Me Too!’ and Dives Into the Self-Driving Game
Conventional wisdom on self-driving used to go like this: A smart tech company, like Google's Waymo, writes the self-driving software. A smart chip company, like Nvidia, provides the computing power. A smart automotive supplier, like Delphi, brings the car parts. A smart carmaker, like GM, furnishes the cars - and everything runs on the platform created by a smart ride-hailing company, like Uber or Lyft.
This line of thinking explains why players in this industry are partnering up like their survival depends on it. In the stage production that is getting you from A to B in a robocar, everyone plays a role.
Element to Integrate Data Provided by OnStar into its Xcelerate Fleet Management Platform
Element Fleet Management customers now have the option to integrate data provided by OnStar directly into the Xcelerate platform and other analytics offerings to gather fleet location, usage and vehicle diagnostic insights from properly equipped General Motors Fleet vehicles.
With more than 1 million vehicles managed in North America, Element becomes the largest fleet management company to incorporate data provided by OnStar to help its customers improve productivity, safety and costs.
Sign of the Times: Road Rage Gun Violence Is on the Rise on Our Ever-More Crowded Roads
Fleet managers, take note: driving is increasingly bad for our health.
By Mark Boada, Senior Editor
It’s Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., rush hour, on a hot day last month in West Goshen, Pennsylvania, a bucolic suburb some 30 miles west of Philadelphia. Bianca Roberson, 18, is driving home from a trip to the mall in a green Chevy Malibu, going 60 mph south-bound on busy, divided state highway Route 100 where the lanes narrow from two to one.
As she approaches the merge point, alongside she sees a red Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 28-year-old Greg Page, competing with her to merge into the single lane. Police say the two are engaged in a high-speed “cat and mouse game” when Page lifts a handgun and fires through his window at Roberson. She’s hit in the head and is probably dead before her car crashes into a wooded area on the side of the road.
European Officials Probe Claims of Huge German Car Cartel
Storm clouds are gathering again over Germany's biggest industry.
Antitrust officials confirmed Saturday that they are investigating claims that the country's major carmakers may have been operating a cartel since the 1990s, colluding on everything from vehicle development and engines, to suppliers and diesel emissions systems.
"The European Commission and the Bundeskartellamt [German cartel office] have received information on this matter, which is currently being assessed by the commission," the European Commission said in a statement. "It is premature at this stage to speculate further."
An AI Platform Built to Understand Fleet Data
Predii has built an AI platform that’s geared to specifically understand fleet data, and fleets and FMCs that have been collecting data for some time are positioned to reap the benefits.
