Want to know the latest news on automated vehicles? Sven Beiker shares the most recent report on next-generation sensors for automated road vehicles I am proud to announce that I published another SAE International report in the field of automated vehicles. This one is titled Next-generation Sensors for Automated Road Vehicles It is essentially the follow-up to the 2018 inaugural SAE EDGE Research Report on Unsettled Topics Concerning Sensors for Automated Road Vehicles and reviews the progress made in automated…

In this article, Hari Sripathi explores the pros and cons of the carsharing model with a focus on Truro. Back in 2018, I wrote about the fundamental flaws in the dominant carsharing models of the day – Zipcar and Getaround. Specifically; Renting out a car multiple times a day is more costly than just once a day. The costs of cleaning a car multiple times alone, made the economics unfeasible. The cars had to be scrupulously clean and well maintained….

Paul Sims shares an article that explores the battle lines being drawn in the digital auto marketplace space and why US companies should care. The digital auto marketplace space outside the US is hot and battle lines are being drawn – today a discussion of Europe. If you’re not based in Europe, why should you care? If you’re in the auto space, you should expect US companies, both auto & e-commerce, to try to buy some European players as they…

Paul Sims shares an article on the trends driving change in the automotive industry that was published in Automotive Ventures.  There are many changes happening in the North American retail car market. The obvious ones are covered ad nauseam in the general press and the automotive conversations – connectivity, autonomous, subscription, and electrification, However, there are several trends impacting dealers and consumers more immediately and these are:  1.Margin pressure. Certainly the one that dealers have been lamenting for years are…