Volvo Announces Shift Towards Electric Engines
Posted on Jul 5, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Volvo Announces Shift Towards Electric Engines
Volvo announced on Wednesday that all new Volvo models would be either fully electric or a hybrid starting in 2019. Volvo is the first major auto maker to announce intentions to abandon combustion engines which have been the standard in the industry for more than a century. Hakan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo Cars, said in a statement that the move “marks the end...
Videocast: Connected and Automated Cars—The Federal Government Addresses Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Posted on Jun 29, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Videocast: Connected and Automated Cars—The Federal Government Addresses Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Connected and automated vehicles are being built with components that enable them to not only access information, but also collect, store and transmit data for performance and safety purposes as well. Furthermore, these vehicles are expected to produce an enormous amount of data, some of which will be personal and sensitive, such as precise real-time geolocation data and the contents...
Maine Passes Bill Mandating Shop Choice Disclosure for Insurers
Posted on Jun 15, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Maine Passes Bill Mandating Shop Choice Disclosure for Insurers
Both houses of Maine’s legislature have passed a bill specifying language an insurer must use in recommending auto body shops. According to the bill, titled an Act to Protect Consumers’ Freedom of Choice in Auto Collision Repairs, an insurer must say the allowing if recommending a particular shop or network of shops to a customer: “You have the legal right to choose a motor vehicle...
Videocast: Automated Transportation’s Legal and Ethical Risks
Posted on May 31, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Videocast: Automated Transportation’s Legal and Ethical Risks
As currently written, our laws are not well-equipped to handle the increase in automated vehicles on the road. Moreover, the law and ethics often differ, and doing the safe thing on the road could cause a human to drive illegally. Would an autonomous vehicle drive faster than the speed limit if it needed to, drive at all if a loose gas cap turned on a check engine light, or execute the...
Videocast: Cybersecurity and IP Issues with Internet of Things Devices in Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on May 23, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Videocast: Cybersecurity and IP Issues with Internet of Things Devices in Autonomous Vehicles
Automated driving is not coming – it’s here. The entire automotive industry is implementing strategies, tools and technologies to not only allow the car to drive, but to operate using Internet of Things devices. In their videocast, Cybersecurity and IP Issues with Internet of Things Devices in Autonomous Vehicles, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Partners Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik and Griff...
Videocast: Insurance and Automated Transportation
Posted on May 16, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Videocast: Insurance and Automated Transportation
The question isn’t whether automated technology will impact the auto insurance industry, but how big that disruption will be and when that disruption will happen. In their videocast, Insurance and Automated Transportation, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Partner Kymberly Kochis and Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Partner Fabian Volz discuss numerous ways the insurance industry...
