The Dispatcher Newsletter | Michael Lawrence Sena Library

Michael L. Sena works for his clients to bring clarity to the often opaque and complex issues of vehicle telematics. He has not just studied the technologies and analyzed the services. He has developed and implemented them. He has shaped visions and followed through to delivering them.

The Dispatcher newsletter touches on the principal themes of the industry, highlighting what is happening and, even more importantly, how and why. Explaining and understanding the implications for your businesses and working with you to develop your own strategies, are what we do together.

The Dispatcher’s Manifesto

Transport cannot be viewed in isolation. Traffic congestion is not caused by cars. It is an effect of policy decisions about where people live, work, shop and recreate. Most people live where they can afford to live and work where they get a job; everything else follows. The numbers and types of cars and trucks that are sold are the results of political and business decisions that are made locally, nationally and globally. Most people don’t buy cars and trucks to just drive around. They buy them to take them where they need to go and to make their lives easier to live. Changes to the transport network that affect driving and owning cars and trucks motivated by environmental considerations should only be made after full consideration is given to all potential societal impacts and after evaluating all alternatives, including possible future technological breakthroughs, like hyperloops, hydrogen fuel cells and CO₂ capture. If actions we take make life for humans not worth living, then what’s the point?

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This is the first issue of The Dispatcher.

Report from Telematics Update in Munich
Call center services – What are the benefits
What car companies are doing in telematics
Insurance telematics
V2V and V2I
Split billing using a single SIM
Big data
What happens next

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Report from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
What to expect in 2014
Trends affecting the automotive business
Autonomous driving: Quo vadis? Where are we headed with self-driving cars.
Third Party eCall Services (TPS)

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Report from Telematics Fleet and Asset Management Conference in Amsterdam
The Chauffeured Generation
Specific solutions versus guidelines: Why standards groups and legislators should avoid pushing solutions on the automotive industry and offer guidelines instead
More paint: What governments need to do to speed up autonomous driving
European eCall law passed

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Report from ITS Europe 2014 held in Helsinki, Finland
Future of Call Centers
Automotive Eco-systems
Cloud computing
Personal Periscope – Why a more direct and personal approach to traffic information delivery is superior to the indirect methods that we have today
Google shows its true colours
Is the Connected Car too complex

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Testing self-driving cars
The cybersecurity dilemma
One (St)app too far
Apple-Android-Genivi
CEOs on electric cars
Invest in infrastructure

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Telematics Update Munich 2015
Standardization
Next Phase for Maps
Mobility Wishes
The Newsletter

The Dispatcher_11 January 2015

Consumer Electronics Show Las Vegas 2015
Uber’s Valuation
Self-driving Test Sites – Part I
European eCall
ERA-GLONASS – Russia

The Dispatcher_15 March 2015

Antediluvian just isn’t what it used to be: Immediate Threats
What is Apple’s Core
Self-driving Test Sites – Part II
Macro Factors: Real Influences on Telematics
Musings: It snows in Boston; don’t let that catch you by surprise

The Dispatcher_25 May 2015

The Future of Vehicle Navigation
OnStar Returns to Europe
Uber Buys deCarta
Is this the last word on EU eCall?
Parking in Cities: Time for Phase Three
Musings: What’s happening at Verizon Telematics?

The Dispatcher_15 September 2015

A Car Hacking in St. Louis
Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs)
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS)
Tesla: Disruptive Business Model or Business as (almost Usual)
Vehicles as Robots
Musings: Transport in a Digital Age: Reflections from a Summer School

The Dispatcher_11 October 2015

What happens next with Here (better known as Navteq)?
Telematics Valley: Past and Future
ITS World Congress in Bordeaux, France
The Future of Transport
Musings: What’s in a name.

The Dispatcher_1 January 2016

WirelessCar: Past, Present and Future
ADASIS Forum: Part One
Big Data: Is it the OEM’s answer, or just another question?
Management by rule-breaking is transforming the industry
Where do new ideas come from?

The Dispatcher_7 March 2016

Unmanned Aircraft Systems That Fly–and Why are they called drones?
Electrical Car Charging – There’s a lot to think about
Over-the-Air Updates of Firmware and Software
Lyft and Sidecar in the GM Sphere
Toyota and Kymeta Team Up On Satellite Connectivity
Saab Says No to NEVS on Name

The Dispatcher_May 2016

Data Privacy and Connected Vehicles
EU/US Safe Harbor for Data Agreement
EU General Data Protection Regulation
Customer Choice of Service Providers and C-ITS
G7 and EU on Autonomous Driving
Inrix
5G and ITS G5
GM Buys Cruise Automation

The Dispatcher_1 July 2016

Report from Dispatch Central – What General Motors is up to; ACEA on connectivity strategy
Third Party Automotive Services – What is the future of roadside assistance
Mobile Apps and roadside assistance
Insuring the Connected Car
The Future of Automotive Navigation – What types of maps will self-driving cars need to have
Vehicle Data Issues – Who owns the data from vehicles
Autonomous Driving News
Musings of a Dispatcher

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What does BREXIT mean for the UK auto industry
Will the UK do EU eCall and will EU Member States be ready when the EU eCall buttons are pushed on 1 April 2018
What is Ford’s connected car strategy, really
URGENT.LY and Allianz Global Assistance Australia cooperate
Why isn’t usage based insurance taking hold
Car manufacturer associations want governments to cooperate on automotive safety regulations
Who will drive future automotive navigation developments
What’s the big deal with BIG DATA
Tesla Autopilot is not ready for the road
Musings of a Dispatcher

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Advice to the new U.S. President for keeping transport policy moving forward
U.S. DOT and NHTSA issue the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy
The Open AutoDrive Forum looks to expand the mission of NDS
To have a steering wheel, or not to have a steering wheel: that is the question
Who are your customers for your cars and trucks and what do they need?
Another personal periscope is introduced
Professor Amnon Shashua, Chairman and CTO of Mobileye, gives his views on the company’s differences with former customer, Tesla
Google and Uber have fallen out: Why is that not surprising?
Oxbotica, the new kid on the autonomous driving block
Musing of a Dispatcher

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Report from Dispatch Central – Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW are taking a leadership role
Autonomous Driving News – Why not let all cars be driven by robots?
What the car companies are doing – Toyota, Volvo and Geely produce a new car, Carlos Ghosn of Renault/Nissan
Are governments using regulations as tools as weapons?
HERE and the future of automotive navigation
Musing of a Dispatcher

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Report from Dispatch Central – Will JLR build a new electric car manufacturing plant in the UK?
Autonomous Driving News – Apple wrote a letter to NHTSA
What the car companies are doing – Is Uber a good partner for Volvo?
Cabman’s Shelters in London
Reubanizing or Spreading the Sprawl – Cities are becoming livelier and business are moving back the the urban centers, but the suburbs continue to grow as well
The Future of Automotive Navigation – The future of traffic information and the standards that support it
Musings of a Dispatcher – When companies in different companies merge, there are always winners and losers

The Dispatcher_10_March 2017

Report from Dispatch Central – This is not an easy time to be in the transport-related business
Automated Driving News – Robot-driven cars need a backup, a lifeline if they get themselves into trouble. Remote drivers is the answer
The Future Networked Car Symposium in Geneva
NHTSA on the Tesla Crash – Current laws are not up to the task enforcing accountability
Cars can now talk to each other, but the question is what is the best way for them to do so. Cellular-V2X vs. WAVE
The Future of Automotive Navigation – New owners for HERE
TomTom Today and Tomorrow
Musing of a Dispatcher – Self-driving cars are not the answer to traffic congestion

The Dispatcher_5_April 2017

Report from Dispatch Central – OnStar’s future in Europe following sale of Opel/Vauxhall to PSA
Reality Check – How many readers own an electric vehicle or walk to work
Automated Driving News – Intel buys Mobileye and the HERE ecosystem
What the Car companies Are Doing – Ford and its F-150 money machine; European 112 eCall in Sweden
Feature Article: The Issue of Ethics and Self-driving Vehicles
Travis’s Travails – What business should Uber be in? Not the self-driving car and map business
Musings of a Dispatcher – Let’s pull together on connected vehicle technology

The Dispatcher_May 2017

Report from Dispatch Central – Trucks as Weapons
TomTom and Its Sphere
Car Makers: Don’t Forget the Other Half – Not everyone lives in San Francisco, Boston and New York City
Planet Labs: The Swarming Satellite Company
Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: Is there a life for the concept
Blockchain Basics
Princeton University SmartDrivingCars Summit to be held on 17-18 May 2017
Musings of a Dispatcher: The car, once a miracle and considered the saviour of the city when it was introduced, is now considered a problem. It’s the city planners who are the problem, not the cars

The Dispatcher_June 2017

Spotlight on Sweden
- Lindholmen Science Park
- Vision Zero
- Connected Car Sphere
- Drive Sweden Forum
Dispatch Central
- Tesla Lawsuit
- Swedish Unicorns: Skype and Spotify
- Amazon’s Servers to Sweden
The End of Mobility: It’s Amazon that is the car killer
Musings: Pick up those cones

The Dispatcher_July 2017

Real Driverless Cars are Not Just Around the Corner
Identifying hype
SAE Levels of Driving Automation
Dispatch Central
For the Record
NHTSA update on Automated Vehicles Policy
The Paris Agreement
It’s not really the real deal for climate change
Car and Truck Business
It’s a high stakes game
Musings
Normative Ethics

The Dispatcher_August 2017

The World and Transport in 2030
Will it really be all electric robot cars delivering mobility as a service?
Dispatch Central
- Volvo Cars Electrifying
- NEVS and Microsoft
- NHTSA update on Automated Vehicles Policy
Sensoris: Making sense of sensor data
Zenuity: A Swedish OEM and Tier One team up
Are BEV Owners Getting a Free Ride
Musings: Robotic buses and trams don’t go out on strike

The Dispatcher_September 2017

Automated Vehicles
Are we moving too fast or too slow?
Dispatch Central
- No ICE on Our Streets
- Charge ‘er up – Charging Stations Needed
- GM Maven Offers Gig
The AV Industry Needs an Asilomar Conference
ISO/TC 204 WG3 and OADF: How do they fit together?
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Are They Really the Answer
To Share or Not to Share
Musings: Plausible Deniability Does Not Result in Better Transport

The Dispatcher_October 2017

Work in the Future
What it will be and how we will get to it
Dispatch Central
- Future Quotes
- Move to the Right
- IKEA Moves to Town
- China’s New Silk Road
- Ford Delivers Pizza

Cybersecurity: The Achilles Heel of Automated Vehicles

Change of Plans: NavInfo and Tencent will not invest in HERE

Report on the European Commission: Access to In-vehicle Data
European Parliament: Why isn’t one house enough

Musings: Food and Driving Memories

The Dispatcher_November 2017

NHTSA on AVs
Version 2 provides guidance not regulation
Dispatch Central
- Distracted drivers
- Electric outages
- The Serge on BEVs
- PSA Free2Move in US
- Toyota’s two wheeler
- Mercedes mit drone
- Shell game
- The Dispatcher’s office

SoftBank: Investment vision

Cybersecurity Part 2: The Achilles Heel of Automated Vehicles

London’s Congestion: What did you expect?
What3Words: Will it replace your street address, or?
Location Referencing: A short primer

Musings: Global Warming will get you

The Dispatcher_December 2017

When Accidents Weren’t the Drivers’ Fault

The Nader effect

Dispatch Central

GM Abandons Lyft

Mark Fields’ New Job

Tesla keeps losing money

Bob Lutz on the future of the automobile

Ford’s Stay Awake Hat

Mediamobile

Safety Related Content

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles

Are they the answer or a diversion?

Has DSRC Reached the End of the Road?

Not the WAVE of the future

Eye in the Sky

Traffic UAVs

Musings

A Friendly Wave

The Dispatcher_January 2018

The Bus to Utopia 1-2

Who gets to ride it

Dispatch Central 1-3

Tim O’Reilly

Electric Uniti

Geely flying high

Electric Volocopter

BMW in South Carolina 2

New factory brings jobs and growth to region

Car Insurance 3

Don’t look for carrots

Do-it-yourself Maps 4

From Rudbeckius to LIDAR

Calculating the Value of Humanless-driven MRTVs 5

What are we gaining?

Musings 6

Finding another sun

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Artificial General Intelligence 1-3

Key for humanless driving

Dispatch Central 1-3

Passengerless buses

Cable cars over the river

Bosch and Conti buy into Here

WirelessCar on the move

Geely Buys into AB Volvo 4

That’s the Volvo that makes trucks, not cars

Drive Me 4

Volvo Cars resets

Electrified Roads 5

Hot roads

Musings 6

Why can’t afford it any longer

* Humanless-drive

This is a vehicle piloted by a non-human which is capable of taking itself and passangers anywhere a vehicle driven by a human can be taken at any time. I use this term instead of ‘driverless’ since driverless connotes the absence of a driver, human or otherwise. The terms ‘self-driving’ and ‘autonomous’ can imply varying degrees of mechanical or software assistance to a human driver.

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GEAR 2030 1-3

Latest attempt by the EC to steer the competitiveness bus

Dispatch Central 1-3

2017 Car Sales Winner

U.S. Recalls

AutoPilot Redux

More Musk

Stuck in Traffic

U.S. DOT Summit

ITU-T in Geneva

The Cycle of Cities 3

Depopulation and Concentration

Edge Computing 4

Power Where It’s Needed

Marketplace Platform 5

Here delivers

Drive Sweden 5

Annual Meeting

Musings 6

Too many red herrings

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In this issue:

The Future Networked Car – Geneva 1-3

Notes from the Future Networked Car Symposium

Dispatch Central 1-5

Geneva Motor Show

European Car of the Year

VW’s CEO on Diesels

Broadcom Broadsided

Zetsche’s Photo Op

Dissent and a Death

Another Geely Deal 4

What is Geely’s Chairman up to?

Are We Ready to Fly? 5

Options for Personal Aerial Transport

Musings 6

Do we really need to choose between diesel engines and tofu?

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In this issue:

EU 112eCall Begins 1

Better late than never

Dispatch Central 1-3

Tesla X fatal crash

No furs in San Francisco

Merging sharing

Numbers of things

Virtual feelings

China’s One Belt One Road 2

No more slow boats

High-speed Rail 3

Clipping wings

Beating Traffic Ten Years Later 4

Can robots get us unstuck?

Mapbox 5

What is it really?

Musings 6

Who washes a rental car?

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In this issue:

Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summit 2018 1

2^nd Annual Summit on making cars smarter and safer for everyone

Dispatch Central 1-5

GM expands OnStar

Safe testing by Toyota

Blockchain for autos

Delivery to cars and homes: Is it secure?

High-speed Rail 4

Luxury or Necessity

Musings 6

There is no free lunch

The Dispatcher_July 2018

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In this issue:

GM’s OnStar 1-2

An experimental work in progress

Dispatch Central 1-5

Future of auto shows

Top car brands

Veoneer spins out from Autoliv

German numbers

Over-the-Air Updates 3-4

Absolutely indispensable

EU on Mobility 5

An updated strategy document

Musings 6

What have we done to our postal services?

The Dispatcher_August 2018

August 2018 – Volume 5, Issue 10

September 2018 – Volume 5, Issue 11

October 2018 – Volume 5, Issue 12

November 2018 – Volume 6, Issue 1

December 2018 – Volume 6, Issue 2

January 2019 – Volume 6, Issue 3

February 2019 – Volume 6, Issue 4

March 2019 – Volume 6, Issue 5

April 2019 – Volume 6, Issue 6

In this issue

The Symposium on the Future Networked Car 2019. 2

Session One: Connected and automated vehicles at the cross-roads to success. 3

Session Two: Cybersecurity impact and outlook for automotive systems. 4

Session Three: Automated capabilities and AI in the vehicle: status and expectations. 6

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November 2018 – Volume 6, Issue 1

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December 2018 – Volume 6, Issue 2

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January 2019 – Volume 6, Issue 3

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