Ford Not Pursuing Remote Vehicle-Control Patent

Automaker nixes plans for technology that permits remote shutdown of vehicle systems.

Google Can Disrupt Car Industry But is No Automaker, Daimler Says

Technology companies such as Google are unlikely to become mass car manufacturers, even if they have the potential to disrupt an industry increasingly focused on software and automated driving, the head of German carmaker Daimler said on Friday, reported Reuters. In recent years, automakers and Silicon Valley companies have grown increasingly inter-dependent because next-generation cars ... Read More »

GM Open to Working With Google on Self-Driving Car Technology

General Motors Co is open to working with Google Inc on developing self-driving car technology, the chief technology officer for the U.S. automaker said on Monday, reported Reuters. “I’m not in charge of deciding what we will and won’t do, but I’d say we’d certainly be open to having a discussion with them,” Jon Lauckner ... Read More »

IHS Automotive Forecasts Nearly 54 million Self-Driving Cars on Global Highways by 2035

Report States Self-Driving Cars Are Coming and Will Bring Wide-Sweeping Changes to the Auto Industry