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INRIX Press Release
INRIX published research on the worst traffic hotspots in America. Using INRIX Roadway Analytics, a cloud-based traffic analysis tool, INRIX analyzed and ranked more than 100,000 traffic hotspots in the 25 most congested U.S. cities.
New York had more traffic hotspots (13,608) than any other city analyzed. However, Los Angeles topped the ranking with the highest overall Impact Factor, due to the severity as well as the high number of hotspots (10,385). This also means L.A. pays the highest price, with congestion at these locations potentially costing drivers $91 billion by 2026, if congestion doesn’t improve.
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BBC News
Nissan has shown off a prototype sweat-sensing car seat which it says could help prevent road accidents.
The technology, called Soak, changes colour if perspiration is high in salt, suggesting dehydration.
Previous research by the European Hydration Institute and Loughborough University found that dehydrated drivers were as error-prone as those who had drunk alcohol.
There are currently no plans to bring Soak into production.
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Consumer Reports
Congress is moving ahead with plans to let self-driving cars be tested on U.S. roads without having to comply with the same safety rules as regular vehicles.
The Senate will start considering a bipartisan bill next week on the exemption, which the auto industry says is needed to develop self-driving car technology and establish its own set of safety standards.
The industry also says the patchwork of state regulations on self-driving cars is making it harder to test the technology.
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Auto Finance News
Ford Motor Co. and Lyft — which is partially owned by General Motors Co. — have formed a new partnership to work together on self-driving vehicles the companies announced today, further blurring the lines of autonomous vehicle ownership between OEMs.
The partnership involves a deployment of human-driven vehicles from Ford on Lyft’s network for testing, followed later by connecting those self-driving vehicles to Lyft’s network for public use, Sherif Marakby, Ford’s vice president of autonomous vehicles and electrification, said in a press release.
“When ready, we’ll have self-driving cars operating alongside Lyft’s current community of drivers to help accommodate times of significant consumer demand to ensure that transportation remains timely and affordable,” Marakby said.
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GM is Going All In on EVs
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Wired
After more than a century peddling vehicles that pollute the atmosphere, General Motors is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel.
This morning, the American automotive giant announced that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. That starts with two new, fully electric models next year—then at least 18 more by 2023.
“General Motors believes the future is all-electric,” says Mark Reuss, the company’s head of product. “We are far along in our plan to lead the way to that future world.”
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Resources for Global Fleets
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By Jay Atcheson, Vice President of Marketing
Organizations with a global footprint rely on a partner with the reach, resources and experience to support their objectives, deliver results and manage their global fleet policies at both local and regional levels.
“Implementing a global fleet management program can be complex and time-consuming, but with the right process and partners in place, it can produce tangible results,” says Jim Halliday, President and CEO, Element Fleet Management International. “Global fleet management programs benefit fleet managers as they strive to design and implement unique solutions and manage assets across multiple countries. A single dedicated global account team with localized support works to harmonize fleet policies, and lower total cost of ownership while proprietary digital tools provide fleet performance visibility and optimization across all geographies.”
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Business Review
After spending billions of dollars a year on corporate learning, U.S. companies probably assume that their employees have the knowledge and skills they need to carry out their jobs.
The employees themselves probably think they’re prepared, too, having gone through these exercises.
But according to data from industries including academia, health care, technology, manufacturing, retail, sports, and business services, people are actually “unconsciously incompetent” in a typical 20% to 40% of areas critical to their performance.
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