Jeep to feature Bill Murray in 'Groundhog Day' Super Bowl ad
The Super Bowl just happens to fall this year on Groundhog Day, providing a timely backdrop for the new Jeep ad, which was being filmed in Illinois last weekend.
Waymo and UPS unite for self-driving pilot project, maybe more
It’s a small-scale start to identify operational efficiencies that can be gleaned using autonomous vehicles to carry packages, similar to the pilot project Waymo conducts with AutoNation to deliver car parts.
U.S. consumers would take personal vehicles over robotaxis, survey finds
Just 27 percent of U.S. consumers and 18 percent in Germany said they were confident in AV safety. Consumers overall are less interested in paying more for advanced driver-assistance systems (Level 2 autonomy), the report showed, than they are for hands-off-the-wheel technology (Level 4 autonomy).
Lyft to cut 2% of staff in pursuit of 2021 profit
Lyft has struggled since going public last year. Like Uber, Lyft built a multibillion-dollar business by heavily subsidizing the cost of rides for customers and offering bonuses to drivers.
Ford plans mobility testing site behind Detroit train station project
The formerly vacant, 505,000-square-foot depot is the centerpiece of Ford’s planned mobility district in downtown Detroit that it expects to eventually employ 5,000 people in a campus that includes 1.2 million square feet of space.