by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2020
Doctors are starting to discover that COVID-19 can have long-lingering effects. That’s no surprise to the auto industry which is expected to feel the impact for years to come, according to a new study which anticipates global vehicle sales will fall about 47 million...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 15, 2020
Cruise Automation is cutting some employees, but the company remains tightly focused on its objective of developing self-driving vehicles, GM Chairman Mary Barra said during a web conference. Barra confirmed earlier reports from California that Cruise would be...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 14, 2020
(c) 2020 TheDetroitBureau.com Uber now will require drivers and delivery workers, as well as passengers, to wear masks, one in a series of steps the ride-sharing service is taking to both minimize the spread of the coronavirus and to win back customers who may be...
by Michael Strong | May 8, 2020
No part of the U.S. transportation industry is immune to the coronavirus as ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft posted substantive losses for the first quarter while also taking measure to try to stem the tide including pay cuts and layoffs. Uber cut 14% of its...
by Michael Strong | May 8, 2020
Courtesy of the ongoing pandemic, Waymo is going back to the future with its Waymo one autonomous ride service. The company is going to resume sending the vehicles back out on the roads around Phoenix, but with drivers only — no passengers. The company suspended...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 7, 2020
Intel Corp. acquired Moovit for approximately $900 million to boost the tech company’s position as a complete mobility service provider when teamed with Mobileye, Intel’s advanced driver assistance system and autonomous technology unit. Moovit is an Israeli...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 22, 2020
General Motors told the 230,000 subscribers to its Maven car-sharing service that it will no longer accept reservations. The project, first launched four years ago, was expected to position GM as a major player in the “sharing” economy. But while ride-sharing services...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2020
General Motors and Honda are expanding existing ties, teaming up to develop new battery-electric vehicles the Japanese automaker plans to add to its line-up for the 2024 model-year. Honda will bring two new all-electric models to market, it announced late Thursday,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 23, 2020
Anthony Levandowski, once hailed as one of the leaders in the development of autonomous vehicles, could spend as much as 30 months in prison after agreeing to plead guilty on federal charges arising out of the theft of intellectual property. Levandowski, who was the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 9, 2020
There are hundreds of autonomous vehicles now operating on U.S. roads, Lyft and Waymo currently using them in their ride-sharing services in Las Vegas and Phoenix, respectively. Yet only about 12% of Americans are ready to fully trust the technology, according to a...
by Michael Strong | Feb 26, 2020
The popularity of ride-hailing services isn’t just hurting other forms of transportation like taxis or buses, but it’s also creating more pollution in the process, prompting a call for those groups to move to zero-emissions vehicles. According to a new report from the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 26, 2020
General Motors Co.’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, San Francisco-based Cruise, has obtained a permit to transport passengers in its autonomous vehicles from the state of California. As part of the program, Cruise must provide data and reports to the California Public...
