Scratched EV Battery? Your Insurer May Be Forced to Junk the Whole Car March 20, 2023 By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Sarah McFarlane For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing...
Tesla, Insurers Address Expensive Repairs in Sharply Different Ways January 27, 2023 By Paul Lienert Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicles are expensive to repair – so much so that the automaker and insurers are addressing the...
Autonomous Cars May Always Need Remote Human Supervisors, Experts Say September 12, 2022 By Nick Carey and Paul Lienert MILTON KEYNES, England — Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop...
Ford Motor, ADT $105M Joint Venture Targets Vehicle Security Systems January 24, 2022 By Paul Lienert Ford Motor Co. and ADT Inc. have launched a $105 million joint venture, Canopy, to develop and market in-vehicle security...
Amazon’s New FleetWise Transfers Vehicle Data to Cloud to Aid Safety, Design December 1, 2021 By Paul Lienert and Ben Klayman Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud-based data service that could help automakers remotely diagnose issues in their vehicles...
Here’s Why Auto Safety Investigators Are Still Probing Takata Air Bag Inflators September 22, 2021 By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert Why are U.S. auto safety regulators opening a new investigation into Takata air bag inflators installed in millions of vehicles...
Insurers Warn that Drivers May Not Understand Limits of ‘Automated’ Car Technology April 21, 2021 By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Tina Bellon LONDON – Britain’s goal to be a leader in adopting self-driving cars could backfire unless automakers and government regulators spell...
GM Sees Insurance As Part of Growing Its Business Beyond Cars, Trucks April 7, 2021 By Joseph White, Ben Klayman and Paul Lienert Pam Fletcher wants to change the way General Motors Co. makes money. The veteran GM engineer’s Global Innovation team is...
GM’s Cruise on Top in Consumer Reports Safety Ratings of Driving Assistance Systems October 29, 2020 By Paul Lienert General Motors Co.’s Super Cruise once again edged Tesla’s Autopilot in an evaluation of 17 vehicles equipped with active driving...
Amazon Helping Toyota Build Cloud-Based Data Services That Include Insurance August 18, 2020 By Paul Lienert Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. build a platform to help manage and monetize data...