AV/EV Report – May 10, 2019
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — May 10, 2019 — In this week’s Autonomous/Electric Vehicle Report, the Yukon is getting electric vehicle charging stations, Tesla’s autopilot feature came to the rescue, plus a recent discovery about autonomous advertising. Yukon’s Electric Overcharge The Yukon Territory will soon be home to three new electric vehicle charging […]
AV Report: Smart roads take drivers into the future
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — February 19, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report, constitutional issues around AVs, the mighty size of the market, an AV suitcase named the Fun Puppy 1, and much, much more. -An interesting quote from the recent Senate report on automated vehicles (AVs) comes from Ian Jack, […]
AV Report: GM could launch self-driving car next year; man ‘attacks’ autonomous vehicle
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 22, 2018 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, General Motor’s (GM) surprise announcement, Toronto’s AV study, Russia’s nuclear bomb-equipped underwater UAV, and much, much more. – This past Friday GM, the old symbol of corporate sluggish and bureaucratic sloth, surprised the industry when it distributed a press release […]
Autonomous Report: Driverless pizza delivery, PPG AV paint and much, much more.
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 15th, 2018 — Last week the Consumer Electronics Show showed off the latest and greatest in digital consumer gadgets. There were all kinds of household gadgets on display. But the show has increasinly hosted more displays from auto companies. As the digital technology of Silicon Valley merges with […]
The Autonomous Report: Nissan runs public tests in Tokyo, plans launch in 2020
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 26, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at the rise of military autonomous vehicles (AVs), Nissan plans an AV launch for 2020, Magna partners with Mercedes, disruption on the construction site, and much, much more! -A report from Ukraine notes that officials there indicate, “… […]
The Autonomous Report: Google Sidewalk project bringing AV delivery to Toronto
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 22, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into Google’s big plans for transport in Toronto, the world’s first self-driving lawnmower, Mercedes Benz trusts truck platooning technology and much, much more! – This could be really interesting. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, the company that […]
The Autonomous Report: BlackBerry QNX runs first on-street test
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 15, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, a BlackBerry QNX autonomous vehicles (AV) takes to the road in Ottawa, Google’s new self-driving public relations campaign, the tremendous energy costs of autonomous driving and much, much more! – The biggest news in the AV sector in […]
The Autonomous Report: Mary Barra of GM sees ‘a future of zero crashes’
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 8, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, Waymo may launch self-driving taxis before the end of the year, other autonomous taxis may be set to expand beyond a gated community, GM’s CEO projects a crash-free future and much, much more! – A report from tech-focused website The […]
The Autonomous Report: Ford will partner with Lyft on self-driving tech
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 1, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, Ford is pressed for a plan, Canada’s tech boom, robotics make their way into dentistry and much, much more! – Among the many ideas swirling around the autonomous vehicle (AV) sector is this one: The price of daily living will […]
The Autonomous Report: Canada ‘running hard’ to keep up with US
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 25, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, the federal government is “running hard” to keep up with advances in autonomous vehicles (AVs), Amazon scouts for a second headquarters, BlackBerry and Delphi will partner to produce a self-driving operating system and much, much more! – Canadian Transport Minister […]
