Jun 25, 2015 FutureCars, AutonomousVehicles, Aftermarket
Automotive News reports: "Ask a futurist which cars will rule the roads in 2050, and they might describe a world in which people ride in self-driving electric pods that connect to the digital cloud and are shared by dozens of passengers every day. Inching toward that future will be a huge capital challenge for automakers, which will face pressure on their profit margins as technology demands grow and car sales slow in markets such as the U.S. and China, according to a report released by the New York-based consultancy AlixPartners."
"In its report, AlixPartners coined a new acronym -- CASE, short for “connected, autonomous, shared and electric” -- to refer to the bundle of technologies and business models that car companies may need to embrace to remain at the forefront of the industry. Few automakers are large enough to lead in all four, says AlixPartners, a mergers-and-acquisitions specialist known for its work on the 2009 restructuring of General Motors."
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