COVID-19 Boosts Pace of Change in Urban Mobility When it comes to new technologies, automotive already has crossed a line that most people outside of the industry don’t see or haven’t noticed, electric-vehicle developer Daniel Barel says during Wards Automotive Tech Week: Megatrends conference.
The people working deep in the weeds to evolve the way people move around cities are nothing if not optimistic.
There are real challenges ahead, but, overall, positive changes will come from the way the COVID-19 pandemic and new technologies are forcing us to rethink what’s normal as well as what’s possible.
Startup EV Maker Arrival Shuns Traditional Assembly “We don’t see ourselves as an auto company, but as a tech company designing (and making) vehicles,” says Arrival’s Chief Design Officer Jeremy Offer.
Jeremy Offer heads electric-vehicle maker Arrival’s design team, but he notes his prior work experience is devoid of auto designing.
The same goes for most members of his design team. “We’re industrial designers,” Offer says, contending that area of expertise is more in line with the unconventional way his startup company approaches EV manufacturing.
Most of today’s EVs are built on traditional assembly lines set up mainly to accommodate vehicles with internal-combustion engines.
Chevrolet Corvette Acceptance Speech - 2020 Wards 10 Best Interiors Tristan Murphy, General Motors interior design manager for the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, accepts the 2020 Wards 10 Best Interiors trophy for the redesigned Corvette.
Jan 15, 2021
This spring, we will begin evaluating nominees for 2021 Wards 10 Best Interiors and 10 Best UX, and winners will receive their trophies during Automotive Tech Week, a live event scheduled for Aug. 16-20 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, MI.
Automotive Tech Week will incorporate these events: TU-Automotive Detroit, WardsAuto Interiors Conference, ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles, WardsAuto UX Conference and Connected Car Insurance USA.