AV Report: Elon Musk misses the mark, excess data in AVs
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — February 9, 2018 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, Tesla stocks are down, Elon Musk continues to make false predictions, a self-driving semi crossed the U.S. and much, much more. Elon Musk attracted another round of attention this past week when the SpaceX Heavy launched. The impressive […]
Come fly with me: Unmanned aerial taxi from Airbus takes flight
By CRM Staff Vancouver, B.C. — February 5, 2018 — Airbus rescently celebrated a milestone accomplishment when its Vahana aircraft completed its first full-scale flight. Designed to be the first unmanned aerial taxi, Airbus hopes the vehicles may one day replace all taxis on the road. The Vahana aircraft is a pilot project from Airbus’s […]
The Blindspot: Coverage of AV paint raises more questions than answers
By Harland Goulbourne Toronto, Ontario — February 5, 2018 — A report in USA Today describes a future filled with brightly-coloured autonomous vehicles as likely, because the LiDAR – the eyes of most autonomous cars – struggles to see darker colours. Most autonomous vehicles make use of the LiDAR systems in order to navigate the […]
AV Report: GM could launch self-driving car next year; man ‘attacks’ autonomous vehicle
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 22, 2018 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, General Motor’s (GM) surprise announcement, Toronto’s AV study, Russia’s nuclear bomb-equipped underwater UAV, and much, much more. – This past Friday GM, the old symbol of corporate sluggish and bureaucratic sloth, surprised the industry when it distributed a press release […]
Autonomous Report: Driverless pizza delivery, PPG AV paint and much, much more.
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 15th, 2018 — Last week the Consumer Electronics Show showed off the latest and greatest in digital consumer gadgets. There were all kinds of household gadgets on display. But the show has increasinly hosted more displays from auto companies. As the digital technology of Silicon Valley merges with […]
Industry disruptors: How technology will change the collision repair sector
Ottawa, Ontario — November 6, 2017 — AIA Canada has released a report on industry disruptors, focusing on new mobility and how technology might change the automotive aftermarket. People need to be more informed about the potential threats and opportunities that might arise from the new technologies that are on the horizon, according to the report. […]
The Autonomous Report: Nissan runs public tests in Tokyo, plans launch in 2020
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 26, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at the rise of military autonomous vehicles (AVs), Nissan plans an AV launch for 2020, Magna partners with Mercedes, disruption on the construction site, and much, much more! -A report from Ukraine notes that officials there indicate, “… […]
Nissan plans to launch autonomous car in 2020
BY CRM Staff Tokyo, Japan — October 27, 2017 — Nissan has demonstrated a prototype of its most advanced autonomous vehicle, and announced that it plans to launch the car for real-world use in 2020. The company tested the next generation ProPILOT technology on a modified INFINITI Q50 sports sedan on public roads in Tokyo. […]
The Autonomous Report: Google Sidewalk project bringing AV delivery to Toronto
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 22, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into Google’s big plans for transport in Toronto, the world’s first self-driving lawnmower, Mercedes Benz trusts truck platooning technology and much, much more! – This could be really interesting. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, the company that […]
The Autonomous Report: BlackBerry QNX runs first on-street test
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 15, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, a BlackBerry QNX autonomous vehicles (AV) takes to the road in Ottawa, Google’s new self-driving public relations campaign, the tremendous energy costs of autonomous driving and much, much more! – The biggest news in the AV sector in […]
