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Media-Insert Communications

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

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Category: Autonomous Vehicles

  • At the end of 2021, Dan Loop, vice-president and general manager of Automotive Edge Processing at NXP Semiconductors, wrote an article in All About Circuits entitled, Understanding ADAS Limitations and V2X Communication Technology. He claims that ADAS in general increase road safety for the driver. However, he finds that they are mostly isolated from their…

  • The emergence of 5G is expected to bring forth the exploration of new horizons to connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), as well as to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. Erik Varney, managing director of telematics for industrial IoT and automotive at Verizon Business, says that convergence is the major trend that’s occurring within the new generation of…

  • While there is an ongoing discussion about connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) liability in terms of who or what is responsible whenever an accident occurs, in a telephone conversation with TU-Automotive, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) was keen to point out that there are currently no plans to make automakers 100% responsible…

  • With Apple’s software-based services offering up 70% of its profit margins, the question is whether this over-the-air (OTA) business model will ever work in cars. In comparison car manufacturers often only gain only 10%. For this reason, automakers are turning to ‘software-defined’ vehicles to boost their profits in the hope that the OTA will be…

  • Dr Christoph Lauterwasser, managing director, Allianz Center for Technology claims in a press release, The new rules of the road: Get ready for driverless driving’, that the automobile liability coverage is really ideally fitted to cover the situation with automation. He believes there should be no concerns regarding insurance coverage and that this is crucial…

  • Thatcham Research and Zenzic are developing a consumer safety rating, which they hope will be adopted by Euro NCAP. The organizations have worked on safety testing for 25 years. During this period the focus was on passive and active safety. The latter was introduced a decade ago to examine the potential for radar and camera-based…

  • The automotive industry is increasingly becoming an information industry. Vehicle manufacturers need to be able to derive and use data to improve their business operations and enhance customer experience. At Automotive Techweek delegates and speakers explored the growing focus on connected vehicle data, how to use data to integrate it with the broader automotive V2X…

  • At the end of September 2021 media reports in the UK suggested that there was a shortage of drivers to deliver diesel and fuel to service stations gas stations. The fuel crisis that impacted the UK for almost a month and which, according to the Petrol Retailers Association, saw nearly 5,500 independent petrol outlets run…

  • Elon Musk recently announced Tesla’s intent to launch a usage-based insurance (UBI) product in Texas. The move came after General Motors and Ford launched their own telematics insurance programs and so Ptolemus Consulting Group predicts that move towards embedded connectivity is impacting insurance to the extent that it is going to shake up auto insurance.…

  • A new tool has been developed called RoadSafe designed to alert fleet drivers to high-risk highways. The tool, created by a UK government-backed consortium that’s co-funded by Innovate UK, involved a 20-month project by organizations including Ford, Loughborough University, Oxfordshire County Council, and AI sensor specialists Vivacity Labs. It also has the support of Transport…