A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that Waymo vehicles were involved in 68% fewer crashes than cars driven by humans, and the leading autonomous vehicle technology company hopes to improve safety with a new Ojai vehicle and the sixth-generation Waymo Driver.
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A new report from the company reveals a cautious deal environment due to economic uncertainty and volatility, but private equity acquisitions gain ground, and OEMs and suppliers are shifting capital toward technologies that support software-defined vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems.
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Its framework shows that, instead of replacing a battery that can represent 40% of the car’s total value, it could be economically repaired, and it calls on the industry to adopt new standards with the potential to reduce insurance premiums through lower total loss rates and improved salvage values.
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Through disciplined portfolio management, supply chain resilience, and accelerated electrification, automotive stakeholders can position themselves to find new growth opportunities today and beyond 2030, according to leading consulting firm PwC’s new 2026 Automotive Industry Outlook released today.
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The safety assessment organization is making major changes to how it evaluates the safety of new cars in 2026 to better represent modern driving conditions and risks, and its new rating methodology is built around four key stages of safety: safe driving, crash avoidance, crash protection, and post-crash safety.
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The framework comes as the industry struggles with fragmented SDV development approaches that are driving costly missteps and threatening business viability, defining four phases to enable automakers and suppliers to benchmark progress and strategically move forward on next-gen experiences.
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Among the key takeaways from the software-defined vehicle survey, 91% said AI will play a major role in automotive software development during the next three to five years, and nearly half of developers highlighted AI-driven personalization and full vehicle autonomy as the features most likely to define SDVs by 2030.
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Free2move’s Co-CEO, Ahmed Mhiri, writes about the current roadblocks to shared mobility and how AVs can “change everything,” addressing the challenges ahead and providing a call to action for the industry to unlock new use cases and enable a human-centered future.
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James Tidd, Vice President of Systems Engineering at Swift Navigation, writes about the benefits of cloud-based ISO 26262-certified GNSS services like that for its collaboration with AWS for more uniform and accurate positioning for automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers like Bosch.
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The company’s latest report reveals that 60% of cybersecurity incidents in the automotive and smart mobility sectors in 2024 affected thousands to millions of mobility assets including vehicles, EV charging stations, smart mobility apps, and connected devices—with massive-scale incidents more than tripling.
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