This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 2, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Twenty-twenty-six marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC). This program was launched in 2011 to enable Toyota to partner with universities on transportation safety-related projects that are designed to be shared with the industry. The outcome of all the research is published and m

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for June 1, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. This October will mark a full decade since Tesla began offering customers the opportunity to pay for "full self-driving" capability. At launch, the capability was priced at $5,000 on top of the required $3,000 enhanced autopilot capability. Over time, the price rose as high as $12,000 before dropping back down, although as of earlier this year

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 29, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. I'm in Las Vegas this week for a couple of days this week and took the opportunity to go for another ride in a Zoox robotaxi. Las Vegas is the first market where Amazon-owned Zoox opened its service to the general public, and at this stage, rides are still being offered for free. Zoox is also the first robotaxi operator in North America to lau

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 28, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Waymo is generally considered to be the global leader in the development of automated robotaxis. The Alphabet-owned company began as the Google Self-Driving Car project in 2009 and is currently operating commercial robotaxis services with more than 2,500 vehicles across at least 10 U.S. cities and is testing in at least a dozen more in the U.S

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 22, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. At its investor day in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Stellantis announced a new strategic plan to get its business back on track by 2030. While there has been speculation that it might cull some of its 14 brands, only the DS and Lancia brands are being consolidated into Citroen and Fiat, respectively. The rest of the brands will try to grow with add

Stellantis held its first investor day since the departure of its founding CEO, Carlos Tavares, at its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Tavares left in late 2024 as the company struggled with declining quality, shrinking profits, and the challenge of launching electric vehicles globally. Since then, his successor, Antonio Filosa, has been revamping the executive team and developing a new five-year strategic plan called FaSTLAne 2030 to try to get the com

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 21, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Stellantis is holding an investor day today at its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. While we're waiting for specifics on how the multi-brand automotive conglomerate plans to fix its business with a new strategic plan, Stellantis has already signed three new partnerships that it hopes will help. First up is Leapmotor, a C

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 20, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Aviation companies have been putting a huge effort into reducing carbon emissions for many years, and while they have often cited sustainability goals as the driving force, reducing fuel use to cut operating costs is probably the primary driver. Whatever the reason, the outcome is similar. But realistically, we can't expect to see zero-emissio

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 19, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. At the beginning of this decade, Volvo Cars set itself a target of getting 50% of its global sales from battery electric vehicles by 2025 and reaching 100% by 2030. As the auto industry has struggled in a number of regions with EV adoption rates, Volvo has had to adjust its targets. In 2025, only 25% of the Volvos sold globally were exclusive

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 18, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. The rate of sales growth for electric vehicles may have plateaued in the U.S. market, and automakers have taken tens of billions of dollars in write-downs on their investments in EV development and manufacturing. Despite that, numerous automakers and battery suppliers are finding ways to utilize the infrastructure they've built. Honda recently

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 11, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Following the recent trade deal between Canada and China, several Chinese automakers have now begun shipping electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to Canada. In exchange for China dropping tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products, Canada slashed tariffs on Chinese EVs from 100% to just 6.1%. Only 49,000 vehicles a year will be allowed to

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for May 1, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. For drivers who don't currently own an electric vehicle, one of the biggest concerns they have about buying one, besides the range, is how long the battery will last. After two decades of using smartphones and other devices, many of us have become accustomed to batteries just not holding up and having to at least replace the battery, if not the