Merchants Hosts Connected Automated Vehicles Webinar
Merchants Fleet, Jacobs, The World Economic Forum, and Bloomberg hosted a joint webinar on how companies can take steps to embrace the change to connected automated vehicles (CAVs) and reap the benefits of this technology.
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Merchants Fleet, Jacobs, The World Economic Forum, and Bloomberg hosted a joint webinar on how companies can take steps to embrace the change to connected automated vehicles (CAVs) and reap the benefits of this technology.
The webinar featured Brad Jacobs, director of fleet consulting, Merchants Fleet, along with Brian Burkhard, global technology leader of Advanced Mobility Systems, Jacobs; Tim Dawkins, lead automotive and autonomous mobility, The World Economic Forum; and Jennifer Bartashus, Bloomberg Senior Equity Research Analyst, who served as a moderator.
A recording of this webinar is available on demand.
The webinar explored:
Why CAVs matter to business efficiency and safety.
Where CAV technology is today.
Use cases and technologies that are currently being tested and developed.
How companies can start preparing now for CAV implementation in the future.
The webinar was held earlier on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
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