Podcast: The Spotlight
Posted on Jul 31, 2017 in Perspective | Comments Off on Podcast: The Spotlight
On this episode of The Spotlight radio show, Eversheds Sutherland (US) Partner Michael Nelson discusses the status of artificial intelligence, one of the biggest hurdles that driverless car technology will face and why he thinks the rules of the road will need to be rewritten.
House Committee Moves Forward with Autonomous Vehicle Bill
Posted on Jul 28, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on House Committee Moves Forward with Autonomous Vehicle Bill
The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would establish federal guidelines for the development of self-driving cars. The bill would allow auto manufacturers to deploy up to 100,000 driverless cars per year without meeting existing auto safety standards. (For example, these vehicles may not have to have a steering wheel and floor...
The End of the Internal Combustion Engine?
Posted on Jul 28, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on The End of the Internal Combustion Engine?
The British government has recently announced that it would ban the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars beginning in 2040. It also announced that it would invest approximately $1.8 billion with a goal that all vehicles in Britain would produce zero emissions by 2050. The switch from internal combustion to “clean cars” is necessary due to the health and environmental damage caused...
New Investments in Trucking Logistics
Posted on Jul 26, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on New Investments in Trucking Logistics
A trucking logistics company, called Convoy, recently raised a new round of funding, and its investors include Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. Convoy’s software links up truckers with nearby shipping jobs, in what has been billed as “Uber for trucking.” (Uber itself now has a similar service, called Uber Freight.) The company bills itself as helping the trucking market cut costs and...
No Driverless Cars in India?
Posted on Jul 26, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on No Driverless Cars in India?
The transport minister of India recently stated that the country would not allow driverless cars. India’s Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways, and Shipping stated, “We are not going to promote any technology or policy that will render people jobless.” Instead, he said that the ministry would open driver training institutes and develop its own driver aggregation app in order to...
