Mercedes to pioneer autonomous self-driving cars
Mercedes-Benz has announced it is to collaborate with Bosch on developing a fleet of fully autonomous self-driving cars. The pact between the two German super brands, the world’s most prolific maker of premium cars and the world’s most prolific automotive parts supplier, will see them develop and launch a production-ready self-driving car for use on […]
Build a driverless car in five steps
If you’ve ever been stuck in a traffic jam, you’ll understand the appeal of driverless cars. But how much would it take for you to build one? The infographic below provides a step-by-step guide on how to build a driverless car, taking inspiration from some of the people that have already managed it! Of course, […]
Taking Control of Car Insurance
One of the scourges of the modern British motorist is the evil that is ‘cash for crash’ scams. For the innocent victim it can be traumatic and expensive. The behaviour of these criminals is one of the reasons that insurance premiums go up. This is the economic reality. Now, thanks to the very latest automotive […]
Driverless car insurance has arrived
With our launch of the UK’s first personal driverless car insurance policy, the discussion around who or what is liable in the event of a collision will, we hope, take a new and interesting step forward. We’ve designed this policy for people who may have driverless or autonomous features in their existing car, or who […]
Driverless cars are launching in the UK this April
Honestly, it’s not an early April Fool’s Day joke – it’s for real. There are two driverless “pilot” projects launching this year in London, one in April and the other in the summer. The MOVE_UK project kicks off in April and will focus on gathering data on how self-driving vehicles impact the roads around Greenwich. The […]
How KPMG sees driverless evolving and affecting the insurance industry
You may have heard all sorts of wild and wonderful predictions about driverless cars over the last year or so: we’ll never need to drive again or have to buy car insurance. There’ll be no more road accidents. They can be hacked with a £10 laser pointer. They can’t see in the mist or handle […]
10 Things we won’t miss when driverless cars rule the road
There have been lots of predictions made about how driverless cars will affect us in the future. From giving us back the time we lose to commuting to whizzing along the motorway at 200mph as part of a platoon of cars, there could be lots to look forward to. But there are also some everyday […]
The State of Driverless Play
Across the world Driverless cars aren’t just being developed and tested in the UK. It’s a global phenomenon. Governments across the world – from the US, UK, Australia, Germany, and France, to Sweden and Japan – are backing the development of autonomous vehicles, their official name. It’s not just established motor manufacturers like Ford, BMW, […]
The Payoffs and Pitfalls of Owning vs. Hiring a Driverless Car
We’ve all been there: sat in a queue waiting to get into the car park, praying the FULL sign will switch to 1 SPACE AVAILABLE. Or if we’re not in a queue, we’re searching the city’s side roads for that elusive on-street parking spot. The trouble with owning our own cars – forgive the pun […]
Who is liable? The driverless impact on insurance
Calculating risk and assigning liability with respect to today’s drivers, cars, and driving conditions is not a five-minute job. It’s a complex consideration dependent on many factors. It’s even harder to calculate when it concerns the drivers, conditions, and autonomous vehicles of the future. But discuss and calculate it we must because it looks like […]