Big news on the EV front this week. China’s Xpeng unveils the first mass-market vehicle to be equipped with LiDAR –– the technology that Elon Musk has long dismissed as a “fool’s errand.” We’ll see! Meanwhile, Daimler finally jumps into the EV […]
Big news on the EV front this week. China’s Xpeng unveils the first mass-market vehicle to be equipped with LiDAR –– the technology that Elon Musk has long dismissed as a “fool’s errand.” We’ll see! Meanwhile, Daimler finally jumps into the EV […]
Happy Easter – we hope you find this week’s news to be egg-cellent! We start with some big news out of Florida, as CoMotion LAB MIAMI announces its 2021 Task Forces. The new mobility innovation lab – a joint initiative of Miami-Dade County’s Department […]
Happy Easter – we hope you find this week’s news to be egg-cellent! We start with some big news out of Florida, as CoMotion LAB MIAMI announces its 2021 Task Forces. The new mobility innovation lab – a joint initiative of Miami-Dade County’s Department […]
The Suez Canal has been cleared, but likely not soon enough to prevent more damage to the auto industry, already struggling with a shortage of key materials. Perhaps the most far-reaching transportation news, though, comes from Washington, where President Joe Biden has […]
Another big week for electric pledges. VW’s stock skyrockets after it unveils ambitious EV battery plans, while BMW now says half of its sales will be EVs by 2030. That’s child’s play, though, compared to goals set by Senate Majority […]
Like millions of Americans, hundreds of transit agencies across the U.S. are eagerly awaiting their check after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. But unlike many of us, few transit agencies have the luxury of throwing their stimulus checks into […]
The big news this week comes from Honda, which brings us the first mass-produced Level 3 autonomous vehicle. It’s only available for lease on a very limited basis in Japan, but it’s an important glimpse at what might be the new […]
Is Mother Nature telling us to stop making cars? Automakers were already idling plants in response to a shortage of microchips before a once-in-a-century blizzard shuttered one of America’s largest semiconductor facilities in Texas and an equally unusual drought began to impact Taiwan, a […]
What a week. The Austin-based editor of CoMotion NEWS was fortunate enough to retain power all week (and water most of the week), but millions of others in the Lone Star State were left in the cold and dark for […]
The big theme this week is chips. Not the tons that made their way into American bellies on Super Bowl Sunday, but the critical shortage of microchips that has car-makers shuttering plants and the Biden administration scrambling to help. Meanwhile, an allegation of corporate […]