Will You Even Recognize Your Car in the Near Future?
In the 1973 film, “Sleeper,” Woody Allen is revived after being frozen following a botched operation. To escape the inept police state trying to terminate him, he steals a car that looks like a bubble, with frosted windows and no steering wheel. He simply tells it where to go.
The comedy was supposed to take place 200 years from now but, at least when it comes to the car, it could just as well happen in little more than a decade from now.
Derive Systems Chooses Meineke as Installer of Fuel-Saving Software for Fleets
Derive Systems’ fleet division Derive Efficiency, a leading developer of engine software to save fuel and increase safety, announced today it has chosen Meineke as its nationwide partner to install its efficiency and safety software for fleets across the U.S.
By installing Derive Efficiency’s software at any of its 900 service locations across the U.S., Meineke will provide a simple and cost-effective way for fleets to improve safety, save fuel, and reduce emissions. Derive Efficiency’s engine calibration technology can reduce fuel usage by 10 percent, while reducing carbon emissions by up to 16 percent.
Learning from the iPhone Customer Experience — ARE YOU NEXT?
By Jeofrey Bean
During 2007 and the particularly economic emptiness of 2008 it became very noticeable that there were a group of companies, large and small, from several industries that were better, different, more profitable and more sustainable than most others.
These Experience Makers redefined industries and changed customers’ lives for the better. They also changed the expectations of existing and future customers. Once a market has been changed to a difficult-to-duplicate customer experience, those left competing with just price, features or value-added services are usually marginalized or eliminated.
Wheels Wins Another American Business Award for Recall Communications Program
Wheels’ Recall Communications service provides an enhanced notification system that makes it easy for the company’s clients and their drivers to keep tabs on an ever-growing list of auto manufacturer recalls.
“There were more vehicles recalled in 2014 than any other year in history,” said Gail Wheeler, Wheels’ assistant vice president of marketing. “It’s become quite clear that vehicle recalls will continue to have a bigger effect than ever before on motorists all over the globe.'
Diesel Recall Likely Only the Start of VW’s Problems
Caught cheating, German maker facing lawsuits, stock price plunge, possible criminal investigation and billions in fines.
Accused of cheating on emissions standards, Volkswagen and its upscale Audi brand have been ordered to recall nearly 500,000 diesel cars sold in the U.S. – but that is likely to be only the start of the problems facing the German maker.
Within hours of the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency, several high-profile law firms had already weighed in, threatening potentially costly class action lawsuits. That’s on top of multi-billion dollar fines Volkswagen could be subject to.
