As vehicles grow more software-dependent, repairing them has become harder than ever. A bill in the US House called the Repair Act would ease those restrictions, but it comes with caveats. Every time you get behind the wheel, your car is collecting data about you. Where you go, how fast you're driving, how hard you brake, and even how much you weigh. All of that data is not typically available to the vehicle owner.

Getting your driving licence is a milestone moment for many people. You go through rigorous theory and practical tests, sometimes more than once, before you are given the privilege of being on the road. This, of course, is to ensure the safety of the driver, any passengers and other road users, writes Raina Victor of Birketts LLP. You are also aware of the consequences of driving going wrong, including that the liability for any accident falls (for the most part) on the driver. But what about car accidents that are not caused by the driver of the vehicle but the vehicle itself?

I happened to come across a document, issued by the Department of Justice of the State of Israel, which opens a public consultation, regarding the regulation of self-driving vehicles. Dated February 8, it bears the title, translated of course, of "Towards the Regulation of the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles -- an Application for a Public Position in the Field of Liability and Insurance." The incipit of the paper is a valid invitation to continue reading: "Technological innovation is commonly seen as including one or more of the following components: autonomous, electric, connectivity, and cooperative, when each of these components is based on a large number of technologies with different characteristics. Perceptual change is commonly described as a transition from "transportation as a product" to "transportation as a service." As part of this concept, the transportation system is not a total of privately owned vehicles, but a collection of tools designed to provide transportation services (of human passengers or any other goods) from point A to point B in the most efficient way. From this, the existing relationship between the vehicle owner and the vehicle driver comes to be dismantled. Thus, in contrast to the current de facto situation, where there is often an identity between the vehicle owner and the driver, a separation will be created between the vehicle owner and the vehicle users."

There's no doubt in how Artificial Intelligence is redefining the human lives. Taking the thriving nature of AI as an inspiration, Fisheyebox Innovation Lab (Fisheyebox) was formed. Fisheyebox is a team of scientists, researchers, programmers, designers and automotive enthusiasts trying to make an AI for Good. The team at Fisheyebox is fundamentally working on human inspired driving and highly intelligent urban mobility solution. It does not intent to build cars, it wants to make them intelligent and more connected in an affordable way.

Ford and Amazon team up to offer consumers the ability to access their car from home, and call up other features from their vehicle via Alexa – Amazon's cloud-based voice service LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2017 – Millions of consumers who befriended Amazon Alexa over the last year, including many who just received an Echo or Echo Dot as a holiday gift, will soon be able to experience Alexa like never before from a Ford vehicle. A new collaboration between Ford Motor Company and Amazon is making this capability possible. The Alexa integration – the most comprehensive ever in a vehicle – allows Ford owners to play and resume audiobooks, order items on Amazon, search for and transfer local destinations to the in-car navigation system, and more. From home, Ford vehicle owners will be able to remote start, lock or unlock doors, and get vehicle information using voice commands. "Ford and Amazon are aligned around a vision that your voice should be the primary way to interface with your favorite devices and services," said Don Butler, executive director, Ford Connected Vehicle and Services.