This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 27, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Over the past decade, many of the world's largest automakers have attempted to break into alternative forms of mobility services beyond just selling new vehicles. The common thread among all of those attempts is that none have ever been commercially successful. Most tried to replicate the model of ZipCar with short-term urban car rentals, bu

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 27, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. The way automotive markets operate in countries around the world varies quite a bit, based at least in part on differences in regulations. In Japan, more than half the market is comprised of so-called kei cars, a segment of small cars that are strictly limited in size and performance. The U.S., with its comparatively low fuel prices and vast

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 24, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. A few years ago, Ford completely revamped its strategy for infotainment software, following many other automakers to switch from developing its own in-house stack to using the Google-developed Android Automotive. Like the systems used by GM, Volvo, Honda, Nissan, and others, the Ford Digital Experience uses Google Automotive Services, includi

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 24, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Aurora Innovation, the Pittsburgh-based company co-founded by Chris Urmson, has just launched its next-generation Aurora Driver 2 platform. When Aurora first began commercial deployments of its trucks in spring 2025, the trucks were equipped with what was effectively still prototype-grade hardware similar to what has been used for developmen

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 23, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. For much of the past two decades, Mobileye has been the global leader in providing advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS technologies, to the auto industry. Currently, there are more than 230 million vehicles on the road globally using Mobileye technology. That technology consists of two primary components: the EyeQ line of systems on c

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 20, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. June 2026 was a pivotal month for the German automotive market. For the first time ever, battery electric vehicles outsold all other powertrain types. According to the German Federal Motor Transport Authority, 84,057 new EVs were registered in June, accounting for 28.4% of the market, just ahead of hybrids at 28.1%, gas at 20.5%, diesel at ju

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 17, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. A few months ago, Canada and China reached a trade deal that would dramatically reduce tariffs on agricultural products that Canada exports and Chinese EVs coming into Canada. Under the deal, Canada will allow importation of up to 49,000 Chinese-made EVs at a tariff rate of just 6.1%, down from the previous 100%. Half of those vehicles must b

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 14, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. It's been more than a decade since the Society of Automotive Engineers published the J3016 standard that defines six levels of driver assist and automation from zero to five. In the years since, the standard has been widely used by automakers, suppliers, and regulators to describe the new ADAS and ADS systems they are deploying. The problem w

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 13, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Not so long ago, the Volkswagen Group was the largest automaker in the world by sales. But in the 2020s, those sales volumes stagnated and more recently declined. There are a variety of factors leading to this, including the company's struggles to gain traction with its electric vehicles outside of Europe and, especially, the challenges in th

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 10, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. As of this week, a number of new automotive safety regulations have gone into effect in the European Union. These include mandatory driver monitor systems, automatic emergency braking (AEB) to detect vulnerable road users, improved forward vision requirements, expanded use of safety glass, and requirements for wet-weather performance of worn

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 9, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Roadways are an incredibly complex and continuously changing environment. Despite this, humans actually do a surprisingly good job of navigating through that environment. While 40,000 fatalities a year in the U.S. is still far too many, the fact that we drive 3.2 trillion miles a year and only have 1.26 fatalities for every 100 million miles d

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 7, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. One of the key policy objectives of the Trump administration has been to pressure manufacturers to move production back to U.S. factories and employ American workers. Since the imposition of substantial tariffs in early 2025, including on countries that the U.S. has free-trade deals with, we've already seen this have an impact on the productio

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for July 1, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. While Volkswagen wasn't the first automaker to introduce diesel engines into its cars, it has been one of the standard bearers for the technology for 50 years, since making it available on the Golf. For several decades, the VW Golf was the bestselling car in the world, and a substantial proportion of those hatchbacks were equipped with diesel

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 30, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. The U.S. federal incentive program for electric vehicle purchases was sunset on September 30, 2025, and while a few states like Colorado and New Jersey still offer some incentives, most car buyers now have to pay full price. California, which has had several incentive programs over the years, is preparing to launch a new one targeted at first

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 29, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Current federal motor vehicle safety standards in the U.S. require the installation of a variety of hardware components, including control pedals for braking and acceleration, steering wheels, rearview mirrors, lights, braking systems, seat belts, airbags, and more. For a vehicle that is capable of driving itself without a human operator, man

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 26, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. China's Geely Group owns three different automotive brands that have vehicles in the U.S. market and are potentially threatened by the U.S. Commerce Department's Connected Car Rule. Starting in 2027, the rule prohibits the import or sale of vehicles that use vehicle-connectivity or driver-assist hardware or software sourced from China or Russ

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 24, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Just over a year after initially revealing the Blank Slate electric pickup, the Michigan-based startup has officially announced the pricing and opened the order books. When it was announced, Slate targeted a starting price under $20,000 based on the availability of a $7,500 federal tax credit. Unfortunately, not long after the announcement, t

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 19, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Over the last 30 years, there has been some innovation in the used vehicle retail sector, mostly having to do with achieving scale to give customers more choice and after-sales support while improving profitability. The two biggest companies in this space were CarMax and AutoNation, both of which opened national chains of used vehicle supers

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 22, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Getting around New York City by car has always been challenging. With a population density of 29,300 people per square mile and a lot of relatively narrow streets, the combination of delivery vehicles, refuse trucks and emergency vehicles, and personal vehicles creates a lot of congestion. Following the addition of ride-hailing to the city's

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 18, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Ford's BlueOval Battery Park in Marshall, Michigan, has been one of its most controversial factories in decades. The factory was originally planned to be built in Virginia, but the governor of that state pushed back because Ford was licensing production technology from China's CATL. After Ford announced it would instead put the plant in the r