Ford is among five investors providing $6.6 million in seed funding for Civil Maps, a California startup that creates three-dimensional maps for autonomous cars.
Regulators have underestimated the cost and difficulty of achieving their vehicle fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas targets for 2025, an automaker group said.
South Korean automakers Kia and Hyundai tightened their grip on the lead in U.S. new-vehicle quality with Kia ranked best in J.D. Powers annual survey.
Projections for growth in connected cars, population, and new vehicles on the road suggest a potential exists for UBI adoption to expand exponentially in China and Brazil.