A monitor shows the Cooperative-adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) technology in a Toyota Motor Corp. Lexus vehicle, equipped with the Automated Highway Driving Assist (AHDA) advanced driving support system, during a demonstration in Tokyo.
Daily Archives: October 24, 2013
Autonomous driving has big benefits
In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They don’t drink and then climb behind the wheel. They don’t do drugs, get distracted, fall asleep, run red lights or tailgate. And their reaction times are quicker.
Germany wins EU court fight over VW law legality, escapes fines
Germany escaped fines and defeated the European Union’s regulator after the bloc’s highest court said its redraft of the so-called Volkswagen law doesn’t clash with EU rules.
Germany’s changes to the VW law “complied in full” with a 2007 ruling, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg said, rejecting a challenge by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive authority.
2015 Mercedes C-Class – the next chapter
Mercedes-Benz is writing the next chapter of success with the all-new C-Class.
Global carmakers need to look beyond ‘BRICs’ for growth
Global automakers must look beyond China, India, Russia and Brazil to other clusters of emerging countries if they want to get their share of growth worldwide, a consulting firm said.
The countries beyond the four large markets known collectively as the BRICs, a name derived from the first letters of each nation, will account for one-fifth of global new-vehicle sales by 2020, according to a report released by Boston Consulting Group.
