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Uber – Fleeting charms

Uber falls for Waymo’s fleeting charms.  Uber is in discussions with Waymo to add its vehicles to the Uber network in what I think is a dangerous development for Uber....

Autonomous Autos – Double vision

Reply to this post           Humans can run red lights, machines can’t . Mobileye has a great excuse to why its autonomous system ran a red...

Electric Autos – Long life

Reply to this post           Long life may not bring prosperity. Data being gathered on Tesla’s battery performance is pointing to a range of 500,000 miles...

Spotify – Speaker’s corner pt. II.

Reply to this post Spotify auto speaker is another wake up call. Spotify releasing a music player for the vehicle is an attempt to push back against Apple Music in...

Byton – Interesting optics.

Reply to this post Byton may not need to make vehicles long-term. Of the high number of EV start-ups all rushing to the market for electric vehicles on Tesla’s coat...

Uber – Dominoes.

Reply to this post           Another international market falls. This time the market Uber has ceded to local rivals has double the population of USA meaning...

Autonomous Autos – Far, far away.

Reply to this post           Fatality most likely a result of weak AI. Despite that it looks very much like Uber’s vehicle was not at fault...

Geneva Auto Show – Own goals

Reply to this post           OEMs promote their own demise. While the automakers are falling over themselves to appear up to date and innovative at the...

Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it has put the tribulations of...

Didi & OEMs– Bikes to cars

Reply to this post           Data will be the key to differentiation. If Didi does to automobiles what it has done to bikes, then the outlook...