The Spyker name has had three incarnations: Spyker, Spyker Cars and also Spyker F1. Lets start with the original company. Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker founded Spyker in the Netherlands during 1880 as a coach-building company – in fact they built the coach that the Dutch royal family still use today. Exports became a big business for the company especially to the Dutch … [Read more...]
Trade Tariffs
There has been widespread discussion about tariffs in recent weeks thanks to President Trump announcing a 25% tariff on imported steel and 10% on aluminium. Tariffs have been in place for years and there is great debate about whether they work or not. With the current news cycle, everyone seems to be upset except the President who is walking through the chaos quite happily. His … [Read more...]
Ride-Sharing and Autonomous Tech in a Web of Intrigue
For those readers who live outside the US or are not ride-share users, Lyft is a direct competitor to Uber although they are quietly getting on with their business unlike the competition who get all the (mostly negative) media exposure. General Motors, like the other car manufacturers, are having to look at the whole market and try and figure out the future which as you may … [Read more...]
Intel and Mobileye
Around about a year ago Intel announced that it was buying Mobileye, an Israeli company specialising in technology for autonomous vehicles. At the time they were competing for a very lucrative market, and like many emerging markets, this one is starting to see the number of market players shrink through mergers and (mostly) acquisitions. I’ve written about many of the … [Read more...]
GM Sued Over Autonomous Vehicle Collision
Last month, mid January, legal action was taken against General Motors after a collision between a motorcyclist and an autonomous car being tested. I wrote a while back about GM buying Cruise Automation, and it was one of their fleet of Chevy Bolts that was involved in the incident at the heart of the lawsuit. The Incident Oscar Nilsson was riding his motorcycle along a … [Read more...]