Looking Back: Top stories of 2016
By Mike Davey Hamilton, Ontario — December 29, 2016 — The collision repair industry has had more than its fair share of highs and lows in 2016. We’ve looked back over the hundreds of stories we’ve covered in the last year to pick out just a few of the top newsmakers from 2016. The five […]
The Autonomous Report: New players in the self-driving space, Uber exits California and Semcon wants cars to smile
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 28, 2016 — The evolution of the automated vehicle (AV) sector over the last year has been extremely rapid. Just a year ago the idea that self-driving cars would drive massive new investments on the part of the world’s biggest companies seemed a bit nutty. But here we […]
The Autonomous Report: Google launches Waymo, GM starts testing and Ford looks into drones
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 18, 2016 — The emergence of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is a hot and trendy topic these days. Collision Repair magazine provides a weekly look at some of the developments in the field, including Uber’s current battles with the state of California, GM’s CEO saying the company will […]
The Autonomous Report: Michigan’s new laws, Silicon Valley stumbles and trouble with the handoff
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 11, 2016 — The biggest news in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space this week comes from Michigan, where the government has created what might be the most AV-friendly regulations to date. We also look into Peloton’s system for platooning transport trucks, why Silicon Valley ran into trouble in […]
The Autonomous Report: Big news in Ontario and your Porsche will not drive itself
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 2, 2016 — The biggest news in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space this week came out of Ontario, with the announcement that three organizations will begin testing driverless technology in the province. We also look at another AV crash, this time in Singapore, Nissan’s Takashi Sunda discusses some […]
The Autonomous Report: Calgary looks at driverless shuttles, China fast-forwards self-driving tests and examining the impact on cities
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 27, 2016 — The emergence of automated vehicles is a hot and trendy topic these days. Collision Repair magazine provides a weekly look at some of the developments in the field. – Calgary has announced it will begin running a driverless shuttle between the Zoo LRT station and […]
The Autonomous Report: Ghosn’s future vision, proliferation is decades away and a self-driver runs out of gas
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 20, 2016 — This week in the autonomous vehicle (AV) world, we look at Nissan’s CEO’s vision for the future of AVs, concerns that President-elect Trump will gut self-driving regs and a self-driving Uber appears to have made a very human error. – The Detroit News suggests that, […]
The Autonomous Report: Self-drivers will bring more congestion, insurers must plan for transitions and AVs raise questions about the future of mass transit
Toronto, Ontario — November 13, 2016 — This week in automated vehicles (AVs), we look at how AVs are impacting urban planning, changes insurers will have to make to coverage, and how Canada lags behind when it comes to spending on AV development. – A press release from the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of […]
The Autonomous Report: Canada lags behind in self-driving regs, prof says auto insurance will disappear by 2030
by Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 6, 2016 — The number of media stories about automated vehicles (AVs) continues to explode. Here are some of the most important items from the last week. – The Globe and Mail ran a major story on AVs this past week. John Bordignon at State Farm was quoted […]
The Autonomous Report: Self-driving truck makes its first delivery and OEMs send a clear message to tech companies
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 30, 2016 — We round up the latest news on autonomous vehicles (AVs) just in time for Halloween. Highlights from the last week include executives from the OEMs firing back at the tech companies encroaching on auto turf and an autonomous truck makes its first delivery (of beer). […]
