Toyota, Girl Scouts partner to drum up female interest in STEM careers

Toyota Connected North America (TCNA) and the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) have teamed up to sponsor the “E for Engineering” patch to inspire support and preparation for female participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, [...]

2024-03-28T12:05:56-04:00March 28th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Musk mandates demo of self-driving feature on all vehicle deliveries

Elon Musk is requiring employees to activate and demonstrate Tesla’s new “FSD” or Full Self-Driving system upon delivery of vehicles, according to multiple media sources.  The FSD system, despite its name, is not fully autonomous. [...]

2024-03-28T12:05:25-04:00March 28th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

High percentage of Americans aren’t saving for retirement, tips for how to start

About 39% of Americans are not contributing to any retirement fund and 30% believe they will never be able to retire comfortably, a recent MSN article says.  Twenty-eight percent of Americans between the ages of [...]

2024-03-27T14:26:05-04:00March 27th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Tractable: AI in claims processing, what it does and doesn’t do

As the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) grows, from obvious uses to those that we may not think about like populating our news feeds and music playlists, collision repairers and insurers are often seemingly [...]

2024-03-27T14:25:34-04:00March 27th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Stellantis invests in new-gen lidar that could enhance ADAS in future models

Stellantis Ventures, the automaker’s corporate venture fund, has invested in SteerLight — the developer of a new generation lidar sensing technology. Employing silicon photonics technology, which combines a universal semiconductor material with the speed of [...]

2024-03-26T22:54:55-04:00March 26th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

BMW: Capital and research costs to peak in 2024 for EV development

BMW plans to spend more in research and development (R&D) than it ever has before in 2024 with a focus on electrification of its vehicle portfolio, in-car digital innovations, software stacks and automated driving, according [...]

2024-03-26T22:53:52-04:00March 26th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Report: Independent shops face repair information limitations but do have access

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office provides a somewhat vague answer to the “right to repair” question — it isn’t a matter of access for independent repair shops; access exists, but is [...]

2024-03-25T11:22:53-04:00March 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|
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