Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: Automotive

  • KPMG claims that autonomous vehicles are being held back by the need for infrastructure to support them. The consultancy and analyst firm’s Autonomous Vehicle Readiness index (AVRI) ranks the UK as the 9th most advanced connected and autonomous vehicle market in the world. The country is, nevertheless, within the top five countries for cyber-security. The…

  • A report reveals that Sky-Go’s researchers had found 19 vulnerabilities in a Mercedes E-Class car. The findings raise the concern that the cyber-security for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is not being taken seriously enough. Jia Jen Low, writing for TechHQ in her 12th August 2020 article, Mercedes-Benz security bug — a sign of connected…

  • Microchip maker Nvidia and car manufacturer Mercedes are planning to roll out software-defined autonomous vehicles by 2024. They claim that the vehicles will be able to receive over-the-air (OTA) software updates to ensure that they are able to benefit from the latest autonomous features. However, there has been talk about OTA updates for quite a…

  • Yes, hybrid vehicles can charge themselves. However, by 2035 in the UK these will, like their gasoline and diesel alternatives, be phased out. Meanwhile, Sebastian Gray, assistant manager for Mobility 2030 at KPMG comments: “I think the term ‘self-charging’ can create some confusion. What is referred to by ‘self-charging hybrid’ is in fact a conventional…

  • Hayden Field writes in his article for MIT Technology Review, Self-driving cars are being trained in virtual worlds while the real one is in chaos: “For safety reasons, autonomous vehicles typically have two operators apiece. That’s a no-go in the age of social distancing, and leaders of autonomous-vehicle companies knew they’d have to mothball their…

  • Professor Mohammed Quddus of the university, the principal investigator on the project, says: “Although CAVs are designed with existing infrastructure in mind, ensuring they are safe to operate on motorways will require evaluating how road layouts affects their operational boundaries such as their ability to sense lanes and make appropriate decisions.”

  • AI and machine learning in autonomous vehicles can be limited, so nobody should expect them to instantly be able to cope with every potential scenario. Their development has to be taken with a sense of caution to prevent unintended consequences from occurring. The limitations of CAVs aren’t just about the AI and machine learning technology.…

  • David Trossell, CEO and CTO of WAN Acceleration solutions providers, reveals that near-zero latency isn’t possible. He thinks that 5G has great potential, but he feels there needs to be more honesty about latency. “To understand the latency in a 5G network, we need to break it down into a number of elements.” He says…

  • Yuan Zhang, associate director, mobility 2030 at KPMG adds: “Basically, if we take a fully autonomous vehicle as Level 4 (i.e. operates in limited conditions with no driver intervention), you will most likely see those vehicles on UK public roads in trials only. There will be an autonomous bus crossing the Forth Road Bridge in…

  • the new business model is about aggregation – a model within which fintechs can play a role as different companies will bundle together a diverse range of products and services. Much depends on who owns the customer interface though. Kemp and Zhang, therefore, advise companies to consider whether they want to play “the aggregator or…