Next Big Car Safety Feature Could be This Smartphone Camera App November 16, 2016 By Gwen Ackerman Drivers in San Francisco, Manhattan and Tel Aviv may soon have another safety tool at their disposal: a mobile app...
SoftBank & Honda Aim to Develop Talking Cars that Read a Driver’s Emotions July 21, 2016 On the heels of its $32 billion takeover of chip designer ARM Holdings, SoftBank Corp. founder Masayoshi Son is embarking...
Motor Insurers Need to Adapt to Ward Off Competition from Car Manufacturers July 20, 2016 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain As internet-connected and, eventually, driverless vehicles roll off production lines, traditional motor insurers need to adapt to ward off competition...
Internet of Things Is Industry Disruptor that Could Benefit Innovators: Efma Report July 20, 2016 By L.S. Howard The steady advance of the internet of things (IoT) presents a huge number of opportunities for insurers – as well...
UK Auto Insurance Policyholders Embrace Telematics to Get Lower Premiums July 18, 2016 Demonstrating a growing intolerance of mobile phone use at the wheel, a survey of 1314* motor insurance policyholders in the...
White House Urged to Protect Wireless Spectrum for Connected Vehicles May 6, 2016 By David Shepardson More than 50 automakers, state transportation agencies and other groups urged the White House and other federal policymakers on Thursday...
Volvo to Launch Autonomous Driving Trial in London in 2017 April 28, 2016 Swedish car maker Volvo will begin an autonomous driving trial in London in 2017. Called “Drive Me London,” the UK...
Fiat Chrysler Recall Highlights Cyber Risks of Connected Cars, Telematics July 27, 2015 By Bernie Woodall and Joseph Menn Fiat Chrysler will recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States to install software to prevent hackers from gaining remote...
Staged Hacking Shows Vulnerability of Connected Vehicles July 22, 2015 By Joseph Menn A pair of veteran cybersecurity researchers have shown they can use the Internet to turn off a car’s engine as...
Auto Makers Seek to Limit Data Sharing with Tech Partners July 10, 2015 By Julia Love and Paul Lienert Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc and Google Inc through new systems that link...