Category Archives: business trend

Business TREND. Ride Share Drivers Double Time By Working for Self Driving Car Mapping Companies.

Lvl5 is paying ride share drivers to mount a smart phone to their dash to film their routes. 

Lvl5 believes for self driving cars to work their best, they require data updates daily.

Lvl5 is building HD maps that update daily.

Where does policy, legislture, regulators fit in? Whether HD mapping or LIDAR are the primary opartaing system for self driving cars and the standards that will be required.

Verge | This startup is using Uber and Lyft drivers to bring self-driving cars to market…

Legal Trend. Manufacturer Sales. Direct Sales Win in Western Red State. Key Economic Argument.

Tesla secured the right to sell vehicles in Arizona, and here’s how:

  • The Key Economic Argument from the administrative law judge found that the intent of the dealer law was to prevent an automaker from unfairly competing against franchises selling its brands
  • As Tesla has no dealerships, the law doe not to prohibit Tesla direct sales or any direct sales.
  • Auto dealers sued in Maricopa County Court which upheld the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling

Arizona Republic | Yes, you can buy a Tesla…

Self Driving Car Trend. 3 Economic Benefits. New Report.New Economy- the Passenger Economy.

A new report by: Intel

Sets out 3 economic benefits of self driving vehicles:

  • $7 Trillion industry by 2050
  • $3.7 Trillion or 55% will be consumer
  • $3.0 Trillion or 43% will be business to business use of self driving vehicles

New buzz phrase: Passenger Economy (passengers of self driving vehicles)

+ it saves lives: the conservative estimate of 585,000 lives can be saved by self driving cars

Intel | Accelerating the Future: The Economic Impact of the Emerging Passenger Economy 

Business Trend + Lege Trend. Store Workers Make Deliveries on Commute. Who is liable if there's an accident?

The business trend: WalMart is leveraging store worker commutes to make deliveries

Lege trend: Is the delivery during the commute within the scope of employment? Is the employee on the clock? What background checks should be required? 

WallStreet Journal | Wal-Mart Tries Using Store Workers to Deliver Online Orders

Procurement Trend. State Department of Transportation Wants to Connect All Cars in a Work Zone

Where is this happening? Michigan

What company is the private partner with Michigan? 3M

What’s the collaborative goal?  “To implement connected vehicle technology on a stretch of work zone on Interstate 75 that is more than 3 miles long”

What is 3M bringing to the table in this partnership?

♦  Advanced all-weather lane markings

♦  Retroreflective signs with smart sign technology

♦  Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) devices for vehicle-to-infrastructure communications

♦…

Business Trend. Company Sponsors State Department of Transportation Road Side Assistance Program

State: Connecticut

Company: State Farm

What does the partnership entail?

  • Renaming the agency’s Connecticut Highway Assistance Motorist Patrol (CHAMP) to the CTDOT State Farm Safety Patrol

Is this new for State Farm?  No, it has Partnerships in 15 other states, including:Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania

Benefit to the state: State can continue providing the same…