Just do it – modes of transportation

There are a host of opportunities to provide creative transportation to the masses, from scooters to electric bikes to autonomous shuttles and a myriad of transport modes in between. However, are the…

Autonomous car designs to serve the physically challenged

Is it feasible to have affordable, creative transportation to the masses, including those who have been restricted by conventional means due to health challenges, age or impairment? The possibilities…

Why electric vehicle charging infrastructure needs standards

This is a snapshot of the current public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Imagine you’re driving your family in your electric vehicle on a cross-country summertime trip. The car i…

The automotive digital enterprise: a today problem

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What is the automotive digital enterprise, and how does it fit into the world of sexy tech modifiers –autonomous, connected and electric – routinely appended to an…

Self-driving cars with safety and innovation. Can you have both?

Whenever you innovate you take a risk, calculated risk at that, but a risk none the less.  Regulation serves to protect us, to make us safe, especially in changing times.  However, too much…

How to build an electric car: why every function and feature matters

When you think about how to build an electric car, every function and feature in an electric vehicle needs to be electrified and controlled by software. This even includes something as mundane as the…

Last mile delivery paves for way electrified, autonomous vehicles

The final leg of product transport to urban consumers has become such a complex challenge that it has its own name: the last mile of delivery. Technically, it could be more or less than a mile, but l…

Building an electric car means nothing unless drivers accept them

Building an electric car is part of the biggest transformation the auto industry has experienced in a hundred years. Three trends are driving the transformation:

1. Vehicle electrification…

Future electric cars must focus on battery, architecture development

 
Electric cars are on display in Arizona where Waymo formally launched its self-driving taxi service — thus, the race to create the first genuinely commercially-viable level 4 autonomous veh…