by Randall McAdory | Nov 7, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Ecosystem
An interesting article on Medium by Charles Nave describes the collection of technology and automotive companies directly engineering or partnering with entities developing autonomous vehicles. Some companies like Tesla are attempting to own the entire technology...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 28, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Steve Wozniak
At last week’s JD Power Auto Revolution conference in Las Vegas, Apple co-founder (Steve Wozniak) stated that he’s changed his mind on the development of fully autonomous vehicles. He now does not believe fully autonomous vehicles will ever occur. He doesn’t think the...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 26, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
I’m not referring to the company getting better with time. I’m not even referring to this year’s manufactured Tesla vehicle being better than last year’s produced car. Tesla cars – no matter when they’re purchased – get better over time due to the...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 16, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
Steve Lang, a special contributor to Capital One, wrote an interesting piece a few weeks ago titled, The Tesla Effect: How Tesla Is Changing the Used Car Game. Lang asserts that the once strong demand for European luxury brands is declining dramatically due to the...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 14, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
It’s an irresponsible brand name – Autopilot. It’s a name that makes the average consumer believe Tesla’s Autopilot system is Level 5, fully autonomous-capable. It’s not – at least not yet. Zachary Mider tackles many of the issues surrounding Autopilot...
by admin | Oct 12, 2019 | Dyson, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Internal Combustion Engine, Rivian, Tesla, Volkswagen
That’s part of the title of a recent article in Automotive News (subscription required) describing Dyson’s decision to stop the development of an electric vehicle. As described in a prior post as well as here on TaaS Master, the company described an...
