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Despite literally just passing a variable message sign intermittently reading “Texting while driving is … (pause) … 23x more dangerous” placed just before one of the most hazardous, local maneuvers known as the Rochester Curve, society has gotten smarter about the importance of the age-old cliché of...

My mom used to frequently describe disruptive change as “trying to thread a moving sewing machine,” and that’s the exact metaphor that the automotive industry faces as it grapples with a rapidly-changing marketplace. Multiple startup threats – including the not-so-startup of Tesla – have designed a ...

Science fiction has long foretold the possibility of levitating vehicles. Be it one of the 18 different hovercrafts or speeders from the Star Wars trilogies – with the most memorable being the iconic X-34 Skywalker landspeeder rocketing across the desert skyline of Tatooine – or the cheezy interacti...

Despite the original notion of robots working within, beside and around the auto industry dating back over 100 years ago to a 1921 play entitled Rossum’s Universal Robots, society continues to think of robots as limited, faux-human instantiations that help in rare use cases. Think Dr. Smith demeanin...

Safety can be built or destroyed. That simple truth underlies our day-to-day travels; constantly influenced by acts of nature, the negligence of corporations and the decisions of individuals. The resulting functional safety can ebb and flow and, as lawyers would say, so does the associated, contribu...

“Climate change is the biggest challenge of our generation,” stated Daniel Weissland, the President of Audi of America, in an interview for a recent episode of the Kugler Maag Curious podcast. “It’s our responsibility to save our planet and provide a safe future for our kids and grandchildren.” The ...