The Autonomous Report: Why Mazda CEO believes ‘driving pleasure should never die’
Toronto, Ontario — April 22, 2017 — This week’s Autonomous Report looks at why Duncan Stewart of Deloitte thinks autonomous vehicles (AVs) may make us “lazy, bored and inattentive,” how Mazda brings a different perspective to self-driving cars, more highlights from the second annual Canadian conference on autonomous vehicles and much, much more! – The […]
Autonomous vehicles may ‘eliminate 93 percents of collisions’
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 20, 2017 — The second day of Automated Vehicles 2017: Planning the Next Disruptive Technology focused on sorting the evolving ideas, opinions and predictions that began to fly on the first day at a more fine-grained level. The big themes were stretched out and pinned down. For more […]
Minister Garneau at AV conference: ‘We need to be ready’
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 19, 2017 — The second annual Canadian conference on autonomous vehicles (AVs) kicked off April 19. The increasing interest in the subject of AVs was clear: larger venue, bigger name speakers, more attendees. And greater depth. “Last year were we focused on AV 101 discussions. What is it? When […]
The Autonomous Report: Cadillac catches up to Tesla; universities compete in AutoDrive Challenge
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 15, 2017 — This week’s Autonomous Report digs into the upcoming AutoDrive challenge, a three-year competition between eight universities working on self-driving tech; a Ford exec who says autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be ready in five years, but it will be another decade before the public can buy them; […]
The Autonomous Report: Court battle between Google and Uber heats up
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 9, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at how advanced technology may lead to driver complacency and more crashes, the latest update on the court battle between Google and Uber over allegedly stolen tech, how a race between nine autonomous vehicles (AVs) only saw four […]
Planning for Disruption: Second self-driving conference set for April
Toronto, Ontario — April 6, 2017 — The Conference Board of Canada has announced it will hold a conference on autonomous vehicles (AVs) on April 19 and 20 in Toronto, Ontario. This is the second such conference to take place in Canada. Collision Repair magazine provided extensive coverage of the first conference held in 2016. […]
The Autonomous Report: Canada attracts AV investment from Ford
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 2, 2017 — The Autonomous Report keeps you updated on all of the vital news on developments in autonomous vehicles (AVs). In this week’s edition, we look at two major announcements to come out of Canada in the last week, a timeline of AV development according to industry […]
The Autonomous Report: Microsoft partners with Toyota and BMW expects a Level 5 by 2021
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 26, 2017 — There have been a number of interesting developments in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space this past week. Microsoft has announced it’s partnering with Toyota on connected vehicle technology and is actively seeking more OEM partners, a gang of hackers attempted to steal self-driving tech from […]
The Autonomous Report: Intel scoops up Mobileye and PPG is developing special paint for AVs
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 17, 2017 — The Autonomous Report keeps you up-to-date on all the news involving autonomous vehicles (AVs). This week we look into the upcoming acquisition of Mobileye, why PPG is developing special paint specifically for AVs, how it might be possible to hack an AV with “malicious sound […]
The Autonomous Report: Airbus announces plans for a flying car and VW’s new concept vehicle
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 12, 2017 — In the latest edition of the Autonomous Report, we take a look at the Pop.Upsystem from Airbus, a new concept from Volkswagen that resembles a lounge on wheels, the potential job losses from autonomous vehicles and much, much more! – Airbus revealed this week its […]
