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14 Jan 2025

Mercedes-Benz’s Virtual Assistant Gets Smarter with Google’s Automotive AI Agent

Mercedes-Benz is taking its in-car virtual assistant to the next level with

Mercedes-Benz’s Virtual Assistant Gets Smarter with Google’s Automotive AI Agent

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30 Dec 2024

Apple’s Next-Generation CarPlay: A Missed Promise for 2024?

Apple’s ambitious promise to deliver next-generation CarPlay by 2024 is on the brink of falling short. Despite the company’s claims, no vehicles have rolled out with the feature as the year draws to a close. Announced at WWDC 2022, this major overhaul of CarPlay was supposed to transform in-car infotainment systems with deep integration into instrument clusters, climate controls, and dashboard-spanning displays. Yet, over two and a half years later, its arrival remains elusive.

Apple’s Next-Generation CarPlay: A Missed Promise for 2024?

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24 Dec 2024

The Affordable Revolution: Ride-Hailing Services in Emerging Markets and Their Global Future

Ride-hailing services have become an integral part of urban transportation, offering unparalleled convenience, affordability, and accessibility. While the concept is well-known in Western countries through platforms like Uber and Lyft, the phenomenon in emerging markets, especially in India and Southeast Asia, paints a unique picture of affordability, sustainability, and innovation. These services provide not only four-wheeler rides but also budget-friendly two-wheelers and electric vehicle (EV) options.

The Affordable Revolution: Ride-Hailing Services in Emerging Markets and Their Global Future

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13 Dec 2024

Zoox: A Futuristic Fantasy or a Miscalculated Utopia?

In the sprawling, neon-lit dreamscape of Silicon Valley, where innovation reigns and disruption is currency, Zoox emerged as the sci-fi lovechild of technological ambition and human ingenuity. The autonomous vehicle startup promised a utopia where human drivers are obsolete, traffic accidents are relics, and the urban sprawl hums to the seamless choreography of self-driving pods. But like any shiny object in a dystopian tech noir, Zoox’s gleaming vision begins to unravel under scrutiny.

Zoox: A Futuristic Fantasy or a Miscalculated Utopia?

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11 Dec 2024

GM Pulls the Plug on Cruise Robotaxi: When Self-Driving Dreams Meet Fiscal Reality

In the grand theatre of autonomous vehicles, General Motors (GM) just took a dramatic exit, announcing the end of its Cruise robotaxi business. After pouring an eye-watering $10 billion into its self-driving taxi venture, the automaker has decided it’s time to shift gears—or perhaps park the whole thing indefinitely. The reason? Running a robotaxi fleet is expensive, highly competitive, and, as it turns out,

GM Pulls the Plug on Cruise Robotaxi: When Self-Driving Dreams Meet Fiscal Reality