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The UK’s First Independent 5G Test Bed for CAVs Now Live
The live public demonstrations showed the system delivering greater than 1 Gbit/s capacity to a McLaren sports car traveling at 160 mph on the Millbrook high-speed bowl with handovers occurring every 2 seconds. Real-time Telemetry was provided by McLaren’s Altas system. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, autonomous vehicles, electronics, engineering, mobility company, transportation
Tagged 5G Test Bed for CAVs, Airspan Networks, auto industry commentary, AutoAir test bed at Millbrook, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, video streaming between multiple vehicles
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First Look – 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport Freshening
Set for sale in fall 2019, Rogue Sport follows the rather more significant upgrades for the 2019 model year. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, design and styling, electronics, marketing, safety
Tagged 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport, auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Automatic Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Rear Door Alert
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Lagonda All-Terrain Concept to Debut at Geneva
The first model Lagonda will put into production, the All-Terrain Concept claims to take full advantage of the zero-emission platform Lagonda’s design team created. Continue reading
Posted in concept, electric vehicles, engineering, milestones
Tagged Andy Palmer, Aston Martin Lagonda All-Terrain Concept, auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Geneva International Motor Show, Ken Zino, Lagonda Vision Concept, new vehicle reviews
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Coursera Launches Online Self-Driving Cars Specialization
Experts – with scant, sometimes questionable data – predict that the demand for skilled workers within the autonomous vehicle industry will continue to climb, creating more than 100,000 U.S. mobility industry jobs in the next decade. Continue reading
Posted in autonomous vehicles, electronics, engineering, marketing, milestones, mobility company, news analysis, transportation
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Coursera, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, Ken Zino, Self-Driving Cars Specialization, University of Toronto
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Daytona 24 Hours Discounted 50% as Rain Marks Down Race
The race was red flagged and stopped at 12:40 p.m. At 2:26 p.m. Sunday IMSA threw in a very wet towel and waved the checkered flag to end the race as the field was parked under a red flag . The twice around the clock winners in all four classes were lounging about when the checkered flag was damply displayed with standing water on the track to end long periods of no racing. Continue reading
First Look – GMC Sierra and its Unique ‘MultiPro’ Tailgate
One self-evidently good detail is the (marketing babble alert) “MultiPro Tailgate” that has six functions and positions for loading, load-stopping, and the much needed pickup version of mountain climbing without ropes into the bed. Continue reading
700 Horse Shelby GT500 Strongest Street-Legal Ford Ever
Arriving this fall to join its Shelby GT350 stablemate, Shelby GT500 on the drag strip runs a mid-three-second 0-60 mph times and a sub-11-second quarter-mile it’s claimed. On a track, performance with its race-bred chassis, custom Michelin tires and the largest front brake rotors ever available on an American sports coupe should make it on pace with the best. Continue reading
Autonomous Vehicle System Oops! New 2019 Lincoln Nautilus Recall for Hands On/Off Detection Warnings
If this safety defect occurs, the hands on/off detection system may not alert the driver to place his or her hands back on the steering wheel, which could increase the risk of a crash. Such systems are building blocks for autonomous vehicles. Continue reading
Volkswagen and Ford Announce Alliance Without Cross Equity
The history of such industry collaborations is difficult and littered with road kill. The problem is whether the two global giants and hundreds of thousands of workers can walk in step together or stumble over each other. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy, engineering, financial results, manufacturing, marketing, mobility company, new vehicle, news analysis
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, CEO, connected vehicles, Dr. Herbert Diess, Dr. Thomas Sedran, Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley, Jim Hackett, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
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Chattanooga to Build US VW Electric Vehicles
Globally, Volkswagen Group plans to commit almost $50 billion (44 billion euros) through 2023 toward the development and production of electric vehicles and digital services. The Volkswagen brand alone has fore-cast selling 150,000 EVs by 2020 worldwide, increasing that number to 1 million by 2025. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, electric vehicles, electronics, environment, fuel economy or emissions, marketing, new vehicle
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Chattanooga, connected vehicles, ID. CROZZ SUV, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, volkswagen of america
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First Look – 2020 Explorer Adds More Driver-Assist Systems
Traditional virtues for a rear-wheel drive vehicle introduction might be overshadowed by added new smart technology that foreshadows Ford’s quest to produce and sell autonomous vehicles. Continue reading
GM to Work with Evgo, ChargePoint, Greenlots on EV Charging
GM plans to aggregate dynamic data from each of the EV charging networks “so owners of the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt EV can have a more seamless charging experience with their GM vehicles.” No mention of the data use and identification which could include unknowing invasion of privacy for owners using the stations. Continue reading
Ford Police Interceptor Claws Back the Profitable Business that Dearborn Abandoned by Killing the Crown Victoria in 2011
As of last year, The Explorer based Police Interceptor accounted for nearly two-thirds of police vehicle sales in the United States. The limousine business also abandoned when Ford Killed the Lincoln Town car is another losing matter. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, electronics, engineering, fuel economy or emissions, marketing
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Expedition SSV, F-150 Police Responder, F-150 SSV, Ford Police Interceptor, hybrids, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Police Responder Hybrid Sedan, Transit PTV and SSV Plug-In Hybrid Sedan
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Ford Again Expands Takata Air Bag Recall to 1,000,000 Vehicles
This safety recall represents the addition of previously recalled vehicles to include more model years within the geographic zones defined earlier by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Continue reading
J.D. Power – Most Owners Love Their Three-Year-Old Wheels
“Vehicle dependability continues to improve, but I wouldn’t say that everything is rosy,” noted Dave Sargent, Vice President of Global Automotive at J.D. Power. “Vehicles are more reliable than ever, but automakers are wrestling with problems such as voice recognition, transmission shifts and battery failures. Continue reading →