The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued its preliminary report concerning the March 18, 2018 incident in Tempe, Arizona in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Volvo XC90 sport utility vehicle...more
6/14/2018
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Automotive Industry ,
Bodily Injury ,
Car Accident ,
Driverless Cars ,
Motor Vehicles ,
NHTSA ,
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Public Safety ,
State Pilot Programs ,
Uber
As we have written about before, what is an “automotive” company is changing. We have also written how companies like Uber, Lyft may disrupt the automotive industry. We have even considered what might be the focus of OEM’s...more
You know how flying cars, jet packs and things like that always seem way off into the future? Many feel the same about self-driving cars being on the road in the United States. However, Volvo and Uber are out to prove them...more
Volkswagen’s $300 million investment in ride-hailing service Gett is not exactly earth shattering news these days for the automotive industry. But what did catch our eye here at the Dashboard was what Volkswagen said,...more
6/7/2016
/ Automotive Industry ,
Business Valuations ,
Driverless Cars ,
General Motors ,
Lyft ,
OEM ,
On-Demand Services ,
Ridesharing ,
Sharing Economy ,
Toyota ,
Uber ,
Volkswagen
For those of us who watch the automotive industry, the most interesting name on the list of appointees to President Barack Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity was Joe Sullivan. Why Mr. Sullivan? Because he...more