This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for April 14, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.  Starting a car company and ramping it up to volume is very hard and very expensive. Most of the companies that have tried have ultimately run out of money.  However, two of the most interesting companies in the electric vehicle space have both just raised a significant amount of new capital as they prepare to launch critical new models.  Mor

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for April 13, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.  Ever since I first drove a Cadillac CT6 with GM's hands-free Super Cruise driver assist back in 2017, I've had a skeptical view of the concept. While hands-free, eyes-on systems from many manufacturers do reduce some traditional driver workloads, they have always introduced new cognitive workloads due to the need to supervise the technology.

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for April 10, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.  Everyone who drives, especially in regions that are subject to winter weather, is familiar with the horror of potholes. Besides sending shockwaves through a vehicle, potholes can cause expensive damage to tires, wheels, and suspension components if drivers are unable to avoid them. If drivers do see the potholes and attempt evasive maneuvers

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for April 9, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   As the market for electric vehicles in North America continues to face struggles, two automakers are moving in opposite directions. Kia held its 2026 investor day in Seoul, where CEO Ho Sung Song laid out the brand's product plans for the next five years. Among those plans is the expansion of its lineup of EVs from 11 to 14 models by 2030. T

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 25, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   Nearly two weeks after Honda announced that it was cancelling its entire lineup of Honda and Acura electric vehicles, Sony Honda Mobility has officially announced that it is cancelling development and production of its planned Afeela 1 sedan and a follow-up crossover that was first shown as a concept at CES earlier this year.  The official

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 24, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   In October 2025, General Motors announced that it would be launching a next-generation automated driving system on the Cadillac Escalade IQ beginning in 2028. This Level 3 system will allow drivers to go hands-free and eyes-free starting on highway driving situations as a follow-on to today's Super Cruise system that requires the driver to

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 19, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   It’s been over a decade since former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick decided his company needed to eliminate human drivers by developing robotaxis. As we know, that didn't turn out so well, and the group was sold off to Aurora in 2020. While Uber is no longer in the business of building an automated driving system or ADS, it still has dreams of be

Telemetry has released its third research report of the year, Improving Radar Performance for Physical AI Systems , examining how advances in radar sensing and signal processing will shape autonomous vehicles, robotics, and other AI-enabled machines. The report was authored by Sam Abuelsamid, Telemetry's vice president of market research. Reliable sensing is a fundamental requirement for any machine operating outside controlled environments. Radar remains one of the few senso

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 16, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   At Nvidia's GTC conference in San Jose this week, the world's leading developer of graphics processing chips announced several new partnerships with automakers to use some or all of its Hyperion Drive automated driving system. First up is Hyundai Motor Group, which has already been utilizing Nvidia GPUs as part of the compute stack for its

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 13, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   Yesterday, Lucid Motors held its first-ever investor day in New York and began to reveal key technical details of its business and product plan for the next several years. Like most automakers, Lucid is targeting increasing levels of driving automation for its new products and hopes that consumers will be willing to pay a subscription for t

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 12, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   Honda has become the latest automaker to unplug its plans to launch new electric vehicles in the North American market. Honda had been planning to launch three new electric vehicles to be built in Ohio starting this year on a new dedicated electric vehicle chassis. The first of those was a new midsize crossover coupe for Acura called the RS

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for March 11, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry.   The Middle East war that was sparked by American and Israeli attacks on Iran less than two weeks ago could spark a revival in interest for electric vehicles if it continues for any length of time. While oil prices have settled back a bit since last week, when Brent crude briefly hit $120/barrel, we almost certainly have not seen the end of