Browsing Category

Automotive

Autonomous Autos – Far, far away.

Reply to this post           Fatality most likely a result of weak AI. Despite that it looks very much like Uber’s vehicle was not at fault...

Geneva Auto Show – Own goals

Reply to this post           OEMs promote their own demise. While the automakers are falling over themselves to appear up to date and innovative at the...

Baidu & Uber – Time to pivot

Reply to this post           Both need to change to fare well. Baidu Baidu reported good Q4 17 results as it has put the tribulations of...

Didi & OEMs– Bikes to cars

Reply to this post           Data will be the key to differentiation. If Didi does to automobiles what it has done to bikes, then the outlook...

Autonomous Autos – Dark horses.

Reply to this post           Waymo’s lead shrinks to 5 to 1. Analysis of autonomous testing data submitted to the California DMV for 2017, reveals that...

Didi – In the saddle.

Reply to this post           Didi can crush the bike sharing upstarts. In China where the bicycle is an integral part of daily transport, Didi has...

CES Day 0 – Car show

Reply to this post           No Planes, no trains, only automobiles. By far the strongest theme at CES 2018 is the digitisation of the automobile with...

RFM 2018 – Top 5 at CES.

Reply to this post           RFM’s top 5 issues likely to prevail at CES and 2018. Artificial Intelligence I expect Artificial Intelligence to get top billing...

Faraday Future – First to fall.

Reply to this post           FF looks certain to fail. It won’t be the last. The saga of Faraday Future may soon draw to a close,...

Uber – Annus horriblis

Reply to this post           Even at $54bn, no shortage of sellers. While attention is focused on SoftBank’s moves to take a 13-15% stake in Uber,...