Auto industry experts were shocked when Uber settled the lawsuit brought by Waymo weeks before the trial was expected to end. …Read More
Auto industry experts were shocked when Uber settled the lawsuit brought by Waymo weeks before the trial was expected to end. …Read More
The future of mobility faces a plethora of possible solutions, from electric vehicles to self-driving and connected cars, even declining car ownership in favor of eco-friendly and intelligent public transportation. Along with co-authors Venkat Sumantran, and David Gonsalvez, PVMI member Charles Fine has released a timely new book attempting to read these trends and offer authoritative predictions for the industry.…Read More
2017 experienced a sharp decrease in the number of vehicles sold for US automakers, putting an end to seven years of sales growth. Despite this drop, PVMI director John Paul MacDuffie asserts that “it was a strong year,” as electric cars and autonomous vehicle are on the rise.…Read More
In the new book Faster, Smarter, Greener: The Future of the Car and Urban Mobility, Charles Fine and his co-authors Venkat Sumantran and David Gonsalvez offer an answer to the dominance of cars in the urban landscape. …Read More
After Uber failed to notify regulators and the public about a huge data breach, the company is facing serious long-term threats if customers continue to worry about its safety compliance, especially as the industry moves towards driverless cars. …Read More
We will aim to move beyond the excitement of the buzz of the current moment and provide a framework on how to think about the complex web of interrelated changes.…Read More
In the coming years, conventional cars will be as obsolete as rolling typewriters, according to RethinX, a Bay Area think tank. With the emergence of electric vehicles and Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS), experts disagree about the likely adoption rate of shared autonomous transportation. …Read More
Nearly half of affluent American millenials say they don’t envision themselves owning a car, according to a YouGov report. The study points to changing attitudes toward car ownership and mobility in general, coupled with a greater interest in alternatives like car sharing.…Read More
Advances in vehicle technologies promise to reinvent how we get around. The PVMI Connected Vehicle conference attempted to predict a timeline for the coming disruption.…Read More
Uber recently introduced a new tipping feature in the Philadelphia region, but PVMI director John Paul MacDuffie is skeptical that the change will be enough to turn around the embattled company.…Read More