Insights on Technology

Just as the iPhone spurred the app industry, smartphone thumb, and a serious dependence on our smartphones, the electric car is ready to make waves.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that Automotive practice group leader Aaron H. Jacoby has been named among the “Top 100 Lawyers” in California by the Daily Journal as a result of his cutting-edge legal work.

In the news: two previously unlikely partners are partnering to develop autonomous cars- who knew?

Autonomous vehicle technology (AVT) is garnering a lot of attention, and its hypothetical impact on society will very soon be a reality. Earlier in September the House of Representatives passed H.R.3388 - SELF DRIVE Act laying the framework for AVT regulation.

Congress is cruising through its first venture into an area dominated by Silicon Valley, automakers, and state lawmakers.

Apple is no longer planning to build its own vehicle, but some of its engineers still are.

Ford is shopping around for partners to help realize its self-driving potential.

No driver means no figuring out the tip, right? Domino’s wants to know it its customers would accept curbside pizza delivery- without a driver.

Alphabet’s Waymo, Apple, and Uber are all companies that stepping back from building the actual vehicle, preferring to focus on the technology instead.

Trucking is seriously getting trendy. We recently covered Chanje’s bid in the industry, and now Tesla looks to be heading for the commercial freight market with a prototype of an electric big-rig truck expected next month.

There’s going to be a brave new urban order out there before we know it. Researchers warn that cities must start thinking in systems, rather just zeroing in on self-driving cars.

The competition is packed in the electric personal vehicle market, but one company, Chanje is heading into the “medium-duty electric truck” market.

If the auto market were a dating reality show, China would definitely get a rose and a one-on-one date.

On February 28, 2017, Vaquero v. Stoneledge Furniture LLC, a California Court of Appeal found that employers are required to separately calculate and pay compensation for rest periods for employees receiving commission based pay.