News: Ford Trends Report Looks at 2021
What 2021 holds after the surprises we were hit with in 2020 will also be a factor, but it appears clear that many of the changes we experienced this year may carry on for some time to come.
Autonomous Cars
News: Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia Join To Redefine the Auto
Mercedes-Benz, one of the world’s oldest and most-respected premium automakers, is taking a big step into the future by partnering with super chipmaker Nvidia to create a new generation of software-defined cars.
News: Volvo Cars To Add Luminar Lidar in Move To Self-driving
Volvo Cars, one of the leading voices talking about autonomous driving through its historic “safety” lens, announced this week that it’s next generation of cars will have lidar from the tech firm Luminar as part of those models’ advanced technology.
News: Hyundai & Start-up Canoo Team for EV Platform
The most recent hook-up is Hyundai Motor Group and Canoo, a Los Angeles-based company that recently showed a proof-of-concept of its autonomous shuttle van-like vehicle.
News: Cruise Origin Self-Driving Shuttle Introduced
Clean Fleet Report was invited to General Motor’s Cruise autonomous-car division’s recent unveiling of the Origin, a self-driving shuttle vehicle. Designed to be a Level 5 driverless autonomous vehicle, it will be the basis of GM Cruise’s ridesharing business.
CES News: Autonomous Driving Evolves in Vegas
CES has always been about tech, even thought automobiles have become a bigger part of the show in recent years. The hyper-intersection of auto and tech is the autonomous vehicle (AV).
Infrastructure: Making Sure Electric Fleets Have the Juice to Deliver
Vehicle energy availability becomes an even bigger issue when it comes to managing on-demand mobility services using electric vehicles.
News: Nio Shows Chinese Crossover in Silicon Valley
Nio howcased its ES8 model, an all-electric seven-passenger SUV at this fall’s Infineon OktoberTech conference in Mountain View, Calif.
News: Hyundai Launches MoceanLab Mobility Venture
Hyundai Motor Group launched MoceanLab, an arm of the automaker that will provide mobility services in Los Angeles. First up will be a pilot carshare service, Mocean Carshare, followed by autonomous ridesharing, shuttling, multimodal transportation and personal mobility.
Interview: Toyota and Lexus: Autonomous Driving Advancements
We had the special opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at one company’s progress when we sat down with Nathan Kokus, mobility and technology communications manager at Toyota.