Insuring Autonomous Vehicles
The U.K. is ahead of the U.S. in preparing for driverless cars
Since the creation of the first personal auto policy more than 100 years ago, auto insurance policies have all had similar goals: to protect the vehicle owner and driver in the event of an accident, theft or other damage to the vehicle.
With the invention and innovation of self-driving cars, the entire transportation system must adjust to humans as passengers only, and not drivers. The question arises: What sort of insurance will be required to cover incidents involving self-driving vehicles?
Tomorrow’s Cars Won’t Just Drive Themselves. They’ll Feel Different
Look inside a modern car, and you’ll see many of the same materials that formed the earliest automobiles.
Leather, wood, metal, and cloth convey a sense of luxury, a connection to the beloved way things were. You may see synthetic stuff too, materials born of the jet and space ages.
Radical and often questionable ersatz substances like vinyl, Fiberglas™, wood grain veneer, velour, and injected plastics climbed into the car as symbols of technological sophistication and durability.
Here’s Why Ford is Panicking in Self-Driving Cars: Alphabet is Years Ahead of Everybody
The recent CEO shuffle at Ford suggests it's getting serious about self-driving cars: On Monday, it promoted its head of "Smart Mobility," Jim Hackett, to the CEO role.
But statistics show that Ford -- and every other car maker -- is way behind Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet, when it comes to testing autonomous cars on real roads.
In the year that ended on Nov. 30, 60 Waymo cars drove more than 635,000 miles in autonomous mode on public roads in California.
Nevada Rolls Out First Statewide V2V Network
The Nevada Centre for Advanced Mobility (Nevada CAM) and tech firm Nexar have today announced a strategic partnership that will create the first statewide vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network in the US.
Nexar connects cars in the world’s largest open vehicle-to-vehicle network. The collaboration is designed to enhance safety on Nevada’s roads and highways, spur economic development and job creation, and introduce a series of smart transportation systems.
The latter will optimise infrastructure management, regional planning and inform policy throughout the state.
Cox Automotive and Holman Enterprises Announce Joint Venture with Flexdrive
Two automotive industry leaders combine efforts to transform consumer mobility.
Cox Automotive, the same company that brings consumers Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, announced a new joint venture with Holman Enterprises.
Both automotive companies are now shared owners of Flexdrive, a new mobility company that enables consumers to subscribe to a vehicle, rather than buying or leasing it.
