- Volkswagen Launches 'Community-Driven Promise'
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, April 5, 2020
The appropriately somber spot features voiceovers from dealers across the country commenting on how life has changed since the pandemic began. ...
- GM Applies For Blockchain Map Patent
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Friday, April 3, 2020
General Motors has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to grant it a patent for updating a distributed navigation map for a motor vehicle. ...
- Self-Driving Vehicles Delivering COVID-19 Medical Supplies
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, April 3, 2020
Self-driving vehicles are transporting COVID-19 tests collected at drive-through testing locations at Mayo Clinic. ...
- Kia Renews 'Great Unknowns' Scholarship Program
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, April 2, 2020
Kia has not yet introduced creative that acknowledges the pandemic, unlike other automakers. ...
- Volvo Accelerates Self-Driving Car Development
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The assisted and autonomous driving software company Zenuity is being split into two, with one part to be owned by Volvo Cars. ...
- Ford Backs Autonomous Driving Startup
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 2, 2020
An autonomous driving startup has raised $22 million from companies including Ford Motor Company. ...
- Self-Driving Car Engineer Seeks Uber Arbitration
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The self-driving car engineer involved in a trade secrets lawsuit is seeking arbitration with Uber in hopes of getting part of the judgement against him paid. ...
- FCA Launches COVID-19 'Drive Forward'
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Spots feature OneRepublic's all-new track, just released to address the current climate, "Better Days." ...
- Ford, Hyundai Tops In COVID-19 Marketing
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
To understand human response during this period of high alert and uncertainty, Realeyes measured the attention and emotion response. ...
- BMW Files Patent For New Shape Steering Wheel
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
BMW has filed patents for a steering wheel that would change shape from the traditional circular shape to an oval. ...
- Taboola Partners With Moat, Says Some Brands Increasing Ad Spend
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The deal makes Moat an independent third-party verification partner for more than 20,000 companies to reach about 1.4 billion people monthly across Taboola's network. Despite analysts reporting a slowdown, "since ...
- Honda, Acura Adjust Marketing In Reaction To COVID-19
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
In a move unusual for an automaker, Acura is prompting consumers not to drive, and to park vehicles except for essential travel. ...
- Claiming It Will Sell More Cars, Trump Rolls Back Obama-Era Fuel Goals
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
"Nearly 900 million more tons of carbon dioxide are expected to be released under the new rule than under the Obama-era standards," notes one report. ...
- Acura PR Exec Shifts To Advertising
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, March 30, 2020
Previously, the position was held by Susie Rossick, who is retiring from the automaker. ...
- Driverless Car Startup Using AI Raises $13 Million
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
A startup using artificial intelligence to develop driverless car software has raised $13 million in seed funding. Investments in Helm.ai came from A.Capital Ventures, Amplo, Sound Ventures, Binnacle Partners and ...
- Driverless Cars, Drinking Consumers Show Mixed Results
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 30, 2020
Unintended consequences can come along with innovations, including those around the Internet of Things. Now it turns out there may be unexpected results in consumer behavior relating to self-driving c ...
- Will COVID-19 Result In Demise Of All Auto Shows?
Drive Time, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, March 30, 2020
Genesis had planned the G80 rollout for the New York International Auto Show next week, but the show has been postponed. ...
- Detroit Auto Show Cancelled, Convention Center To Be Converted To Hospital
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, March 29, 2020
An analyst tells "Marketing Daily" it's likely the New York auto show will be cancelled as well. ...
- Hyundai Donates $2 Million For COVID-19 Testing
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, March 26, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a particular threat to children with cancer, many of whom have compromised immune systems. ...
- Lexus Launches COVID-19 Creative
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, March 26, 2020
"We believe in taking care of people first and the rest will follow," Lexus VP of marketing Lisa Materazzo tells "Marketing Daily." ...
- Toyota Taps AI To Predict Human Decision Making
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
A new initiative to develop artificial intelligence tools is being launched by the Toyota Research Institute. ...
- Auto Shopping Falls To Lowest Level In 6 Years
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
March 2020 automotive sales -- and beyond -- are in for some turbulence ahead, says Comscore's Dennis Bulgarelli. ...
- Automakers Shift Gears Into Medical Equipment Production
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Ford plans to assemble more than 100,000 face shields per week. ...
- Auto Industry Faces Dire Times Due To COVID-19
Drive Time, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, March 23, 2020
At least one of the companies that handles the fleet of vehicles auto journalists drive for test evaluations is still operating and delivering cars. ...
- Hyundai, General Motors, Toyota Launch COVID-19 Creative
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Friday, March 20, 2020
Hyundai's CMO says the automaker has lowered its media investment in the short term and plans to reinvest those dollars after the crisis. ...
- Waymo Suspends All Self-Driving Cars Due To COVID-19
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 20, 2020
The company has been running a robotaxi service in Irvine since 2019. ...
- Self-Driving Truck Company Hits End Of The Road
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 20, 2020
Since its founding in 2015, Starsky Robotics raised more than $20 million to develop driverless trucks. But now the company has shut down. ...
- Mini, Sixt Partnership In San Francisco Affected By COVID-19
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, March 19, 2020
The office is considered an "essential business" so is allowed to stay open, but reduced its hours to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...
- Driverless Car Concept: 4 Separate Sections
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 19, 2020
A British design studio has created a Quarter Car mobility concept as a potential future of ridesharing. ...
- Toyota Recognizes Young Artists
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The art integrated several of Toyota's strategic focus areas, including mobility, environmentalism and diversity. ...
