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Myles Adjudged as a Travel Innovator by Phocuswright

Myles Adjudged as a Travel Innovator by Phocuswright

NEW DELHI, April 26, 2016 -- - The Award Felicitates Innovators That are Set to Bring in a Revolutionary Change in the Asia Pacific Travel Industry - Achieving This milestone Within a Short Span of Time, Myles Embarks on its Next Phase of Growth in India Cementing its position amongst industry stalwarts, Myles, a robus ... Continue reading

Savvy Car Club Members Drove 100 Million Miles Less in 2015

Savvy Car Club Members Drove 100 Million Miles Less in 2015

LEEDS, England, April 26, 2016 -- Carplus released new findings today showing the massive positive impact of joining a car club. The Carplus Annual Survey showed that there are 186,000 car club members in London, using 2,800 cars - which they can book online and hire by the hour, 24/7. On joining a car club, members re ... Continue reading

Argus Cyber Security and Check Point Software Selected as Finalist for 2016 TU-Automotive Award

Argus Cyber Security and Check Point Software Selected as Finalist for 2016 TU-Automotive Award

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 26, 2016 -- Integrated Solution Protects Connected Cars from Hackers Argus Cyber Security and Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. announced today that their integrated solution, Argus Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) with Check Point Car Capsule, has been selected by TU-Auto ... Continue reading

SSL to provide Low Earth Orbit Satellite

SSL to provide Low Earth Orbit Satellite

PALO ALTO, CA, April 25, 2016 - Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced it was awarded a contract to provide a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite to an undisclosed customer. In addition to building the satellite, SSL will also provide the launch and will operate the satellit ... Continue reading

How Will Autonomous Vehicles Impact Car Rental?

How Will Autonomous Vehicles Impact Car Rental?

ST. LOUIS - April 25, 2016: In the not-too-distant future, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car customers may be renting vehicles that drive themselves. That will be one of the key points offered by Enterprise Holdings' Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Greg Stubblefield at ... Continue reading

Consumers in China Less Enthusiastic for Autonomous Vehicles, J.D. Power and Tencent Auto Find

Consumers in China Less Enthusiastic for Autonomous Vehicles, J.D. Power and Tencent Auto Find

BEIJING, April 22, 2016 -- Consumers in China are less enthusiastic than their counterparts in the United States about the prospect of an autonomous vehicle future, according to J.D. Power and Tencent Auto joint research will be presented on April 23 at the Tencent "X Era" Automobile Summit. Drawing on a Pulse survey o ... Continue reading

Race Cars in 2030? What They'll Be Is Anyone's Guess

Race Cars in 2030? What They'll Be Is Anyone's Guess

Race Cars in 2030? What They'll Be Is Anyone's Guess ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest April 11-17 2016

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest April 11-17 2016

* Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers have a safety message for federal regulators eager to get self-driving cars on the road: slow down. There's a host of situations that self-driving cars still can't handle, such as: Poorly marked pavement, including parking lots and driveways, could foil the technology, ... Continue reading

Extended Passive Safety In 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Extended Passive Safety In 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class

by Henny Hemmes, The technology that allows the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class to drive almost driverless has been already reviewed extensively. http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2016/04/01/215923-first-drive-semi-a utonomous-2017-mercedes-benz-e-class.html However, there is more besides the technology that actively impro ... Continue reading

Car Question or Concern - Best of Auto Lab - April 16, 2016

Car Question or Concern - Best of Auto Lab - April 16, 2016

April 16, 2016, Today's Show Is A Prerecorded "Best Of Auto Lab; Please Listen And Call With Your Question Or Opinion Next Week Auto Lab is a 27 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are i ... Continue reading

Recruiters Discuss Future of Self-Driving Vehicles

Recruiters Discuss Future of Self-Driving Vehicles

Good Afternoon Andrew, Please see the below for immediate release. With half of new cars being fitted with autonomous technologies, Holt Recruitment, automotive industry experts, address candidate fears over an autonomous future. Kind Regards, Matt Jenkins On behalf of Holt Recruitment Press Release Issued: March 2016 ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion Autonomous Research Vehicles Use LiDAR Sensor Technology To Drive In The Dark

Ford Fusion Autonomous Research Vehicles Use LiDAR Sensor Technology To Drive In The Dark

Ford tests Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicles at night, in complete darkness, as part of LiDAR sensor development – demonstrating the capability to perform beyond the limits of human drivers Recent test at Ford Arizona Proving Ground shows how the company’s use of LiDAR technology and 3D maps work in ... Continue reading

Future Propulsion And Connected Vehicle Systems - FEV Exhibit at 2016 SAE World Congress

Future Propulsion And Connected Vehicle Systems - FEV Exhibit at 2016 SAE World Congress

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 8, 2016 -- The future of the automobile is changing at cyber speed. Just yesterday, the buzz was the electric vehicle, and now connected and autonomous vehicles have been added to the mix. Automakers are scrambling to keep abreast of the challenges inherent in this changing landscape in order ... Continue reading

Vehicle Sensor Crowdsourcing to Transform the Digital Map Ecosystem in Preparation for the Driverless Era

Vehicle Sensor Crowdsourcing to Transform the Digital Map Ecosystem in Preparation for the Driverless Era

LONDON, April 7, 2016 -- ABI Research, the leader in transformative technology innovation market intelligence, finds that highly accurate, real-time maps are an essential next step as the automotive industry steers toward the future of fully driverless cars. All autonomous and driverless vehicle maps will need to combi ... Continue reading

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