Byton – Interesting optics.
Reply to this post Byton may not need to make vehicles long-term. Of the high number of EV start-ups all rushing to the market for...
Faraday Future – Uncertain future.
Easy money has a price. Faraday Future is an EV company with a very chequered history, but even this is capable of commanding a multibillion-dollar...
CES 2021 Day 2 – The lowlights.
CES 2021 limps along. Most of the action in the technology sector this week is not to be found on the digital venue. EVs. The...
BMW – Risk on.
Subscription features is a risk worth taking. BMW’s potential move to feature subscription has some problems but if this pushes BMW towards having a relationship...
CES Day 1 – Hot, cool & mad.
Byton – Still needs to address the elephant. Byton didn’t have new cars but it had plenty of new partners, a production-ready vehicle and some...
Faraday Future – Skin deep.
Uncertainty is still the name of the game. Faraday Future has managed to recreate a veneer of credibility, but its plans look as unbelievable as...
Amazon Automotive – Stuck in the box
Alexa’s access to the vehicle is strictly limited. Amazon has grand plans for the vehicle but until it can convince OEMs of its benign intentions,...
China automotive – 2 voice race.
China likely to be first with a fully digitised vehicle. Alibaba’s partnership with foreign car makers to offer its voice assistant in the vehicles transforms...
Voice Assistants – All about auto
Integration with the vehicle is essential A recent survey has found that voice assistants are quite widely used in the vehicle, but I think that...
Byton – End of the road?