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 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
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
Electric cars have been in the market for years but do not yet have the prevalence of traditional gasoline vehicles. To figure out when the tipping point of adoption may be, PVMI sponsored a forecasting challenge to predict when electric and self-driving vehicles will become mainstream.…Read More
Tesla’s Model 3 boasted more than 325,000 preorders within its first week of launch, leading pundits to speculate that Tesla will be the company to finally bring electric vehicles into the mainstream market.…Read More
Plagued by its emissions data manipulation scandal, Volkswagen now has one main shot at a comeback: developing a mainstream electric car that would prove the company’s dedication to clean energy.…Read More
In an unprecedented move, Tesla released its patents to the public in an effort to encourage innovation and drive the electric car market forward. While the decision comes at a cost, the potential advantages to knowledge sharing far outweigh the risks to the company, says PVMI Director John Paul MacDuffie.…Read More
