Where Innovation Meets Imagination
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to create a national framework for the development and testing of driverless cars.
Until now, the situation has been that each individual state deals with automakers which want to test and develop autonomous cars in their area.
The new measure would allow automakers to acquire permits for up to 25,000 vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards, according to Reuters. [Read more…] about US politicians approve driverless car bill
Electronics giant Samsung has acquired a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California, according to a report by Reuters.
The company is spending $8 billion acquiring Harman, which makes in-car entertainment technology and other car components.
Harman is what is called a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive trade, which means that they are one of a relatively small group of companies which supply parts or systems directly to car manufacturers. [Read more…] about Samsung acquires permission to test autonomous vehicles in the US
It’s not a glamorous business, logistics. Doesn’t make the mainstream news very often. And it’s not likely to be the top career choice for most people.
It’s understandable. After all, how interesting can it be to move boxes from point A to point B?
Put like that, it’s not much to write home about. But now, with driverless vehicles everywhere, augmented reality glasses and exoskeletons for warehouse workers, and robotics and automation technologies of all kinds promising to transform the industry worldwide, logistics is about to get much more interesting. [Read more…] about DHL could stop Amazon from taking over the world. Probably
In the 1970s, if you had a car with air-conditioning, you’d probably have been the envy of all your friends, and you’d even have gotten more for your car on the second hand market. Today, it’s pretty much impossible to buy a new car that doesn’t have air-conditioning.
You’re more likely to find that you new car offers not just air-conditioning, but also heated seats (that you can control remotely with your smartphone), climate control, heated windscreens and a whole lot more.
Product innovation has always been top priority for car manufacturers, which is why they are among the top spenders in research and development. The question now is whether this is enough. Product innovation is taking place at such speed that a unique innovation today can easily be copied and manufactured by a rival firm tomorrow.
Product specifications and feature lists no longer offer that unique reason for the customer to choose one car model over another.So where does that leave car manufacturers? How can they find that X-Factor that will make customers desire one of their cars more than their competitors? [Read more…] about The car of the future: Think concierge on the move
