Automotive

Uber Steps Up Efforts on Artificial Intelligence

December 20, 2016

Uber recently announced it's buying the artificial intelligence group Geometric Intelligence, to form the core of the ride-sharing giant's own research center.

CSCMP's S.F. Roundtable Takes Another Shot at Divining the Future

December 19, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

With 2016 coming to a close, it's time for another helping of supply-chain predictions for the year ahead, courtesy of the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

Automakers Push Back Against Emissions, Fuel Efficiency Standards

December 14, 2016

Environmental Leader

The EPA will stay the course on vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency standards that the agency says will halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The standards require automakers to double passenger cars and light trucks' fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

Bank of England Working on Making New Banknotes Meat-Free

December 9, 2016

Bloomberg

The Bank of England is searching for a potential solution to the use of animal fat in its new polymer banknote after recent controversy. Innovia, the printer of the five-pound bill, "is now working intensively with its supply chain and will keep the bank informed on progress towards potential solutions," the central bank said in a statement.

Intel Teams With Delphi and Mobileye for Self-Driving Cars

December 8, 2016

The New York Times

Today's automobiles are often described as computers on wheels, for the scores of processors and chips they use to control everything, including the transmission, brakes, power windows and navigation system. The advent of self-driving cars may require the equivalent of a supercomputer on wheels. Which is why three technology companies in the field - Intel, Delphi Automotive and Mobileye - plan to collaborate in an alliance.

California Vehicle Sales Stall After Years of Sustained Growth

December 6, 2016

Los Angeles Times

By the slimmest of margins, California's remarkable winning streak for sales of new cars, trucks and SUVs has finally come to an end, falling just short of reaching six years of sustained growth.

As Car Sales Zoom, Automotive Supply Chains Race to Keep Up

November 30, 2016

Amazon Prime Membership Grows 23 Percent Year-Over-Year, Research Says

November 30, 2016

Air Cargo World

The latest membership estimates for Amazon.com's Amazon Prime service show that the e-retailer's bid to consolidate consumer spending onto one platform has now attracted almost one in six Americans, according to independent research by Cowen & Co. In addition to signing up some 50 million Amazon Prime customers, the company expanded into car sales last week, teaming up with Fiat to sell cars in Italy.

Automated Material Handling Is Growing 8 Percent Annually

November 28, 2016

Material Handling & Logistics

Automated material handling market is growing with a CAGR of around 8 percent - attributed to increasing demand for the automated solution from various applications like manufacturing, automotive and electrical, according to a new report by Occams Business Research & Consulting.

Channel Tunnel Fundamentally Changed UK Logistics, Report Says

November 22, 2016

Supply Management

More than a quarter of all goods traded between the UK and Europe, worth around £91.4bn ($113.82bn) a year, come through the Channel Tunnel, a report has found. In its report, "Economic Footprint of the Channel Tunnel Fixed Link," Ernst & Young found that 30 percent of UK exports, worth £43.6bn ($54.3bn), and 22 percent of imports, worth £47.8bn ($59.53bn), to and from the EU depend on the tunnel.

Automotive

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