Sentences with phrase «car industry as»

The recent high - profile accidents involving Uber and Tesla are a serious setback for the autonomous - car industry as it seeks to win the hearts and minds of a skeptical public.

Cook told Bloomberg that Apple sees the car industry as ripe for disruption, and noted that self - driving technology is just one of three «vectors of change» that will come to fruition in the near future.

Microsoft has been nudging ever - closer to the car industry as of late, and BMW's experimentation with Cortana in the car is just the latest highlight.

By the ACF's figures, the average Aussie driver could save $ 1,000 a year, if they drove a car that managed a fuel efficiency standard of 6.8 L / 100 km [34.6 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- but they observe that only one Australian manufactured car model had an efficiency of less than 10L / 100 km [23.5 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- in 2006, so they don't hold out much hope for voluntary agreements with the car industry as likely to bear much fruit.

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Started in the»90s, it remains a cultish collection of hardcore Porsche fanatics, many of whom work within the car industry as designers, engineers, racers and film - makers.

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As entrenched as the auto industry is, footholds do exist for new entrepreneurs who are niche - oriented, innovative and passionate about carAs entrenched as the auto industry is, footholds do exist for new entrepreneurs who are niche - oriented, innovative and passionate about caras the auto industry is, footholds do exist for new entrepreneurs who are niche - oriented, innovative and passionate about cars.

Why it's hot: The industry is being driven by a rapid uptick in machine vision and artificial intelligence capabilities as well as increasing interest in the commercialization of drones, autonomous cars, and other robotics applications.

Experts in the auto industry expect the trend to continue as millennials increasingly elect to live in cities where it's expensive to own a car.

As someone deeply entrenched in this industry, I can say from experience that merchant services reps aren't called the «used car salesman of financial services» for nothing.

Jeep has emerged as a the focal point of the automaker's mass - market car plans, without which the company could scarcely attract a partner necessary to weather the disruption looming over the auto industry.

Hirsch thinks Tesla could displace much of the traditional car industry by offering greater value and performance as technology costs come down.

At the most recent expo, held in August, there were bona fide industry legends on convention floor, such as Jon Kosmoski, the ponytailed, self - described «solvent head» who helped kick off the custom car craze back in the 1960s.

The Rinspeed car is only a concept, but it's packed with almost every tech feature imaginable as the auto industry works to makes cars more high - tech and connected than ever before.

As a trade war between the U.S. and China escalates, tariffs imposed by the two nations have business owners in industries ranging from cars to wine feeling nervous.

As the car industry continues to adopt new technology, including driverless cars, GM has been working to keep up.

Increases in emissions from air and sea transport will more than offset the savings from passenger cars unless new technologies can somehow make the same kind of impact on them as Elon Musk et al. have had on the car industry.

Martin Schulz, the head of Merkel's current junior coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD), also laid into the auto industry on the weekend, slamming «irresponsible managers» that have not invested in electric cars as they should.

«We will review the full details of Transport Canada's regulations as soon as they are released and will work closely with both the railroad industry and the government to improve tank car safety.»

I think it will give the auto industry the ability to give customers an immersive, comparative shopping experience as they try to figure out the right car for them.

As an industry, technology is creating a path towards mobility as a service as opposed to the traditional way of thinking about car ownershiAs an industry, technology is creating a path towards mobility as a service as opposed to the traditional way of thinking about car ownershias a service as opposed to the traditional way of thinking about car ownershias opposed to the traditional way of thinking about car ownership.

«I think it is material as that death has changed both the public's and the insurance industry's perception of self - driving cars,» wrote Coffee in an email to Fortune.

As anyone familiar with the auto industry knows, car makers don't tolerate mistakes.

A tie - up between the two chipmakers would be the latest in the semiconductor industry that has been rapidly consolidating as companies try to capture a big share of the fast - growing market for connected devices and connected cars.

Unveiling its mid-term Vision 2030 strategy plan, Honda said it would boost coordination between R&D, procurement, and manufacturing to tame development costs as it acknowledged it must look beyond conventional vehicles to survive in an industry which is moving rapidly into electric and self - driving cars.

Elon Musk has as many hours in the day as the rest of us do, and right now it sounds like his car company needs him to spend more of those hours focused on making sure it achieves its goal of revolutionizing the automotive industry.

The move is part of China's efforts to make its domestic autos industry more flexible and establish itself as a leader in electric cars.

www.emeraldmaterials.com The Carlyle Group has «entered into exclusive negotiations» to acquire a 75 % stake in Homair Vacances (Paris: ALHOM), a French mobile home operator, from Montefiore Investment (which would reinvest as a minority shareholder), according to the FT. www.homair.com DRB Systems, a n Akron, Ohio — based provider of software solutions to the car wash industry, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Prairie Capital.

The former professor of mechanical engineering believes that there's no technological impediment stopping communities in the future from pooling their 3D printer resources to print something like a car, thereby hurling sectors such as the automakers into the piracy crisis that music industry currently faces.

Business Insider talked with Levandowski about what it was like to be at the beginning of the self - driving car industry — and how it's going to change the future as we know it.

Beyond the consumer, Chan said she sees an opportunity to sell its 4G LTE - connected car service to businesses that deal with vehicles, such as the trucking industry.

The two global leaders in the auto industry are fast considering Tesla as a rival, with Daimler's Mercedes Benz B - Class compact car and Toyota's Lexus LS sedan directly competing with Tesla's $ 71,000 Model S.

The company's decision to enter the ridehailing industry shouldn't come as a surprise as many other car manufacturers have already begun investing on mobility services.

This weekend's Barron's cover story takes a look at the prospects for big car makers as the industry changes.

The Nissan people kept hectoring Levandowski about vehicle - to - vehicle communication, which the company's engineers (and many in the automotive industry) seemed to see as a significant part of the self - driving car solution.

Analysts at BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage of Carvana Co (NYSE: CVNA) with an Outperform rating and $ 15 price target as the company is well positioned to benefit from the upcoming e-commerce disruption within the used car industry.

For much of the past two years, the discounts offered by automakers have remained at levels that industry analysts say are unsustainable and unhealthy in the long term... Sales are expected to drop further in 2018 as interest rates rise and more late - model used cars return to dealer lots to compete with new ones.

The piece tells of China's ``... $ 300 billion plan to become nearly self - sufficient by 2025 in a range of important industries, from planes to computer chips to electric cars, as it looks to kick - start its next stage of economic development.»

Last month, Amazon made waves across the auto industry when it said it would look to the car portal business, Enter Amazon Vehicles, which the company defines as a «car research destination and automotive community,» where car enthusiasts and the automotively curious can gather to swap reviews, photos and basically kibitz.

In a utopian world, Canadian auto workers would get huge raises, governments would lavish money on the industry, and cars would drive themselves as they met fuel efficiency and emissions standards effortlessly.

While the move did help consolidate the industry through more than $ 3 billion in restructuring, it did negatively impact domestic consumers of foreign steel, such as car manufacturers.

Close to a year before Urmson left the project, where he had become the de facto face of it, Google hired John Krafcik, a 25 - year car industry veteran who previously led Hyundai's business in the U.S., as its first ever CEO.

Crude demand sure to fall with low industry growth, people getting poorer (as a result of concentration of wealth in few hands) and increasing CNG and electric powered cars.

Deciding to spend money on a convention centre that depends so heavily on the revival of the automotive industry was obviously a tough call, given that two of the US car companies that used to be known as the Big Three filed for - then emerged from - bankruptcy last year.

As the auto industry races to develop and build emissions - free vehicles, lithium - abundant countries such as Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companieAs the auto industry races to develop and build emissions - free vehicles, lithium - abundant countries such as Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companieas Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companieas valuable partners for the world's biggest car companies.

In China, the move to open the auto industry reflects growing official confidence in the country's young but fast - growing automakers and a desire to make the industry more flexible as Beijing promotes the development of electric cars.

Through this acquisition Qualcomm will be able to grow faster in future industries such as drones and self driving cars.

The industry has expanded pipeline capacity and found other ways, such as rail cars, to get oil from the middle of the country to major demand centers on the coasts.

Partly because Toyota and Honda dealers rushed to sell as many cars as possible last month in their bids for the title of best - selling car, the industry as a whole registered exceptionally strong sales.

The company is also expanding into areas such as the Connected Car, an Internet of Things play which is part of the Industries of the Future.