Drivers cost employers over $103 billion, but #AVs promise productivity gains for the U.S. that could save businesses billions & allow companies to spend more on hiring employees, developing new products & scaling up their operations. https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2019/01/15/driverless_cars_will_propel_us_to_productivity_110991.html Americans spend an average of 293 hours per year driving, equivalent to over seven 40-hour workweeks. Thats time

Californians are buying electric cars at a sharper rate of increase, with a 312% increase in electric car sales when comparing January to December 2018. #EVs http://www.veloz.org/ca-electric-car-sales-broke-year-over-year-increases-every-month-in-2018/ CA Electric Car Sales Broke Year-over-year Increases Every Month in 2018 January 11, 2019 Sacramento – According to tracking by Veloz– Californians are buying electric cars at a

Researchers have developed artificial compound eyes, inspired by the eyes of insects, designed to improve the abilities of #AVs through advanced peripheral visualization, light sensitivity & motion detection. http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/artificial-compound-eyes-developed-for-autonomous-cars/article/540753 Researchers, inspired by the eyes of insects, have developed artificial compound eyes designed to improve the abilities of autonomous cars and to help advance robotics.

Volvo’s driverless trucks are taking over mining tasks in Norway — removing human operators from potentially hazardous environments & increasing competitiveness in a tough global market. #AVs https://www.trucks.com/2018/11/21/autonomous-volvo-trucks-norwegian-mine/ Volvo Trucks partners with Norwegian mine operator to use autonomous trucks. The operator will pay per ton of limestone moved instead of buying the trucks.

Researchers at the Conference on Robot Learning found that replacing 10% of cars with #AVs in an on/off ramp simulation, doubles the number of cars that pass through in the same amount of time as only human drivers. https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/11/24/how-driverless-cars-could-make-us-better-drivers/ Just in time for your journey home from the family jamboree — some sci-fi hope for