View original post. American commuters spend roughly 250 hours per year inside their car, the equivalent of six 40-hour work weeks annually. The passenger economy—a new term for the increase in idle time when drivers become riders—is expected to reach $7 trillion. That’s more than twice the size of the sharing economy in which Uber and Lyft participate. Therefore, it’s no …

View original post. A autonomous car simulator from BCS Automotive Interface Solutions was one of the high-tech items on display at the Detroit auto show, but remains decidedly for the car of the future The Detroit auto show kicked off this week with glitzy, high-production value debuts of mostly sports cars, giant trucks and SUVs—new versions of age-old themes. But …

View original post.At the beginning of 2017 Europcar formalised the transition to a ‘mobility service company’ which had been ongoing for some time, with the opening of its first mobility centre in the European district of Brussels. This has seen the company organise itself into 5 Business Units: Cars, Vans & Trucks, Low Cost, New Mobility and International Coverage (franchises, …

View original post. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is underway in Las Vegas. CES attracts pioneering thinkers and business leaders from around the world.  It also attracts a lot of media!  CES BY THE NUMBERS The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which owns and produces the show, Attendance expected: 182,000 Exhibiting companies: 4,400 Speakers: 1,000 The Future of Driverless Mobility Disruptive …

View original post.There is no doubt that 2018 was a significant year in the ongoing transformation of the transport industry as new technological solutions came into use, new mobility players entered the market and trials of autonomous vehicles were widely reported in the news. Put simply, the industry is evolving rapidly and in 2019 we will certainly see further changes …

View original post.In 2017, the World Bank reported that 54% of the entire global population is in cities. To put that into perspective, that is a little over 4 billion people. Even more interesting is the fact that the United Nations reports that there are a total of 1.3 million people moving into cities every week, with the urban populations …

View original post.Rohit Gupta, vice president and head of manufacturing, logistics, energy & utilities, Europe at Cognizant It is estimated that there will be a quarter of a billion connected cars on the roads by 2020. Thanks to connectivity, vehicles will now be able to ‘talk’ to each other, the infrastructure surrounding them, and manufacturers. Earlier this year, the European …

View original post. Technology is invading every aspect of our lives. So why should the automotive industry be any different? Whether you realize it or not, cars have transformed from mechanical beasts into feats of electronics. Their future is entirely automated. While not many of the cars on the road today are automated, they will make an entrance in the …

View original post.Driverless cars are to be tested on the streets of London this week as part of a plan to deploy the UK’s first completely autonomous fleet on British roads by Christmas. A Government-backed consortium will deploy cars to map the streets of Hounslow in West London to teach them to understand road signs and lane markings following successful tests in Oxford. The cars will be able to share …

View original post.The question of who will win the autonomous vehicles (AVs) race is much-discussed, with analysis and opinion about technical capabilities, car manufacturers versus tech companies, and more. As designers, we’re often drawn to the human questions and what is even less certain at the moment is not only how human beings will use AVs, but also why. Building …