Transportation technology

Global leaders Daimler Truck Holding AG and Volvo AB are joining dozens of commercial-vehicle makers in Germany this week.

While traditional carmakers have been quickly retooling factories to make EVs and investing heavily in battery-making capacity, their software efforts appear more hit-and-miss.

Crash detection technology has the potential to save lives and reduce claims expenses.

The insurer introduced the tech to accelerate claims and simplify the customer experience.

Through a smartphone app, customers can now digitally customize monthly payments for their EV subscriptions.

NoCell application lowers incidents and helps keep coverage rates under control

Tech startups, trucking owner-operators and big insurance carriers alike are putting systems in place to protect cargo and cover special circumstances.

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A trends report examines the impact of electric vehicles on the insurance industry.

The insurtech has digitally transformed the insurance process with its all-inclusive platform.

Customers look to the app for swapping cars, financing, insurance, warranties and paying parking tickets.

An insurtech that uses AI and machine learning analytics to streamline the underwriting process in commercial auto.

Uber and Lyft Inc. are on the hook to show progress toward achieving their goal of switching entirely to EVs in Europe and North America by 2030.

Munich Re partners with ERGO, in-tech and others to launch the Mobility Technology Center.

Cambridge Mobile Telematics research has shown that the right type of insurance telematics programs can help maintain and even improve safe driving behaviors.

The company announced the launch of its first offering in February, a telematics-based platform that is designed to modernize commercial fleet insurance by using vast amounts of driving data gathered from sensors on trucks.

Digital Insurance received responses via email from Dr. Caro Gabor, CEO of Movinx, a global insurtech platform and a joint venture between Swiss Re and Daimler Insurance Services. Dr. Gabor discusses Movinx, auto industry trends and embedded insurance.

The U.S. Department of Transportation proposed on Thursday that lane-keeping support, automatic emergency braking, blind spot detection and blind spot intervention be incorporated into its Five-Star Safety Ratings program for new cars.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened defect investigations in the past two weeks of cars made by Honda Motor Corp. and Tesla Inc. and equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.

Automatic emergency braking systems can detect and prevent pedestrian crashes, but lighting plays a role in the odds no matter the crash avoidance systems in place, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.