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
Automakers like like Tesla, Google and Uber are preparing for a full-fledged launch of driverless cars by 2021, prompting federal agencies to put new safety requirements and regulations in place.…Read More
When Tesla announced its merger with SolarCity in June 2016, the market expressed many doubts despite Tesla’s insistence on potential cost synergies. PVMI Director John Paul MacDuffie points out that it’s still too early to tell how successful the merger will be.…Read More
After a fatal accident involving a Tesla vehicle in self-driving mode, autonomous vehicle technology has been under intense scrutiny.…Read More
Volkswagen’s settlement is just the start of the company’s journey to rebuild its trust with the public.…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
Resulting in at least 10 deaths and over 100 injuries, Takata’s faulty airbags were caused by a combination of defective manufacturing practices, an unstable chemical, manipulated test data, and flawed quality control processes.…Read More
Volkswagen’s violation is a wake-up call to reevaluate current testing procedures and compliance standards.…Read More
As GM announces its investment in ride-hailing app Lyft, it brings to light three things that American automakers are doing better than European automakers: innovation, collaboration, and long-term strategic thinking.…Read More
Society will also have to deal with the additional fallout from Volkswagen’s underinvestment in hybrid and electric vehicle technology, points out PVMI Director John Paul MacDuffie in Knowledge@Wharton.…Read More
