by Randall McAdory | Jan 20, 2021 | Amazon, Apple, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, GM Cruise Automation, Microsoft, Nvidia, TaaS, Tesla, Transportation as a Service, Waymo
taGMan That’s the acronym I use to remember the 7 companies that will lead others in the drive to a future world full of electric vehicles, self-driving capability and mobility solutions. Tesla, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, General Motors While...
by Randall McAdory | Dec 29, 2020 | Amazon, Apple, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, GM Cruise Automation, Microsoft, Rivian, TaaS, Tesla, Volkswagen, Waymo
Why is it that the Tesla fan believes all legacy automakers are doomed to fail in the race toward an electric and autonomous vehicle future? To the Fan Boys, a winner-take-all, zero-sum-game of Tesla winning while all others lose is the future. TI don not believe...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 14, 2020 | Amazon, Electric Vehicles, GM Cruise Automation, Tesla, Transportation as a Service, Uber, Waymo
During a Prof G Show podcast (by Scott Galloway), NYU professor, Arun Sundararajan, gave his opinion around which entities will drive the mobility space (a space that I’m defining as transportation-as-a-service with self driving vehicles). Sundararajan believes...
by Randall McAdory | Jun 27, 2020 | Amazon, Autonomous Vehicles, Ford, General Motors, Rivian, Tesla, Waymo
Recently I wrote that TaaS development seemed to be a three-horse race between GM, Tesla, and Waymo. Now it seems Amazon also has entered the autonomous vehicle race, if not for TaaS business reasons, then surely for reducing one of the company’s largest expenses: its...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 25, 2019 | Amazon, General Motors
General Motors is bringing Amazon Alexa to the infotainment system of its vehicles next year. This was announced during the Amazon Devices event this week. Alexa will be added via over-the-air updates on model year vehicles of 2018 and newer. This Alexa announcement...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 19, 2019 | Amazon, Electric Vehicles, Rivian
The Amazon-led $700 million investment in Rivian last February is beginning to make sense. It seems that Amazon’s plan to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord 10 years ahead of schedule will include the purchase of 100,000 Rivian-produced electric delivery...
