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AMA at ACT Expo 2026
On the floor with our clients at North America’s largest fleet technology show.
AMA at Home Delivery World 2026
Last-mile electrification, fleet data, and the operational reality of getting goods to the door.
AMA at The NAFA Expo 2026
Fleet management doesn’t get a lot of glamour, but it gets a lot of real work done, and NAFA Institute & Expo 2026 in Cleveland was exactly that kind of event. The show floor filled up with fleet managers, technology providers, OEM representatives, and consultants who came…
AMA at The NADA 2026 SHOW
NADA EXPO 2026 was a high-energy event that felt big and bold from the moment you walked through the doors. With a reported 20,000+ attendees and over 600 exhibitors filling the Las Vegas Convention Center, the scale was impressive, but it was the diversity of expertise under…
AMA at CES 2026
Chinese OEMs and their technology partners showed up at CES 2026 with big, coordinated displays that made their intent easy to read. You didn’t have to stitch the story together across multiple booths. Vehicle platforms, autonomy approaches, sensors, and compute partners were…
AMA at The Detroit Auto Show 2026
AutoMobility Advisors attended the Detroit Auto Show 2026 and the Mobility Global Forum for two days, spending time in meetings and sessions with automakers, suppliers, and mobility technology companies. The tone on the ground was practical. Teams talked about launch cadence,…
Getting HMI Right for the Autonomous Era How the in-vehicle experience is transforming
As the automotive industry accelerates toward a future defined by autonomy, the importance of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) is coming into sharper focus. Once considered a collection of knobs, buttons, and screens, HMI now stands at the intersection of safety, brand identity,…
Global Innovation Finds a Home in Georgia
Last evening I attended the Smart Industry Showcase at Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners, which underscored how global innovation is finding a home in Georgia. Israeli companies presented solutions ranging from AI-driven traffic management to integrated public safety…
The ITS World Congress 2025: Where AI Meets Trust on the Road to Autonomous Mobility
The ITS World Congress 2025 in Atlanta proved once again why it remains the premier stage for charting the future of mobility. Thousands of industry leaders gathered across five days, revealing a profound shift: AI has become the operating foundation of modern transportation…
AMA at ITS World Congress 2025
When the mobility community gathered in Atlanta for the ITS World Congress 2025, held August 24 through 28, one thing was clear. The future of transportation is not arriving someday in the distance. It is already here.
Powertrain Priorities
Five years ago, EVs were predicted to be the sole future of automotive manufacturing and consumption. Politicians, consultants, pundits, industry experts, and anyone with a stake in the manufacturing process lauded EVs as the surefire next step towards saving the environment…
Tesla’s Sales Crown Taken by China
Tesla and the EV market have been near synonymous since the introduction of the Model S sedan in 2012. Over the last 13 years, Tesla’s grip on the market has seemed near-insurmountable, with a roaring stock price and loyal legions of fans supporting the company’s every move.…
Electric Vehicle Values
One of the biggest questions at the forefront of any car buyer’s mind is the future value of their vehicle. Purchasing is not a complex act. Simply put, the majority of automotive customers want the most perceived “value” for their money that they can possibly get. Value can…
The Case for EV Performance Cars
When people used to think of EVs, what sort of image would come to mind? Perhaps it would be the original Nissan Leaf… an affordable but relatively pedestrian and relaxed commuter car intended for nothing more than a typical daily commute to an office and back. Or maybe…
Tariff Test
New US government administrations are always a time of opportunity and challenge for the auto industry. Shifts in policy and ideology can heavily impact everything from the supply chain to consumer behavior, so as an administration changes from one political side to another,…
CES 2025 – AMA Summary
The start of this month marked the most important event of the year for cutting edge technology, the 57th annual Consumer Electronics Show. From January 7-10, thousands of exhibitors and over 140 thousand attendees from across the world flocked to Las Vegas to see the latest…
Charge Anxiety
Twelve years ago, Tesla Motors released their second all-electric car, the Model S. After decades of experimentation and limited release vehicles (like the short lived GM EV1), an all electric vehicle had finally broken through to the American market as a beautiful car that…
Wagon Wheels
For as long as the modern automobile has existed, automakers have innovated new methods for carrying greater amounts of passengers and cargo in increasing comfort and style. Not completely satisfied with the capability of pre-WWI American cars, early aftermarket coach…
EV’s – Hope or Hype?
It only seems like yesterday when OEMs ranging from VW to Honda released grandiose pledges to eliminate their ICE vehicle lineups and convert to all electric within the next decade or two. Coming out of Tesla’s incredible pandemic-era stock success and sliding into the pole…
An (American) Sports Car Story
The Corvette C8 ZR1: A Cumulation of Eight Decades of American Automotive Passion
EXTRA! Vehicle-to-Grid Expansion Saves Planet!
During certain times of the year California simply produces far more electricity than it has a need for. During the spring months especially, temperatures have not yet reached the sweltering summer highs commonly associated with July and August. With those summer…
US Auto’s EV Moment
In 1972, Detroit’s Big 3 automakers, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, had a combined total of nearly 90% of the American domestic automotive market. Up until that point, US OEMs fought for dominance in all segments of the US market, primarily equipped with massive gas…
Insurance – The Next Generation
In an accident? Pelted by a freak hailstorm? Hit a deer? The universal answer to all of these problems has for over a century been car insurance. The first car insurance policy was taken out by a Dayton, Ohio resident in 1897, covering the owner in case the vehicle damaged…
Auto’s Duty To Data Details
As our world has grown increasingly interconnected over the last three decades, more and more of our time is spent online. Online transactions and interactions all involve the exchange of differing amounts of data, whether it’s credit card information to make an online…
Classic Mobility
A recent, temporary addition to the museum is the 1969 Ford Torino Talladega GTP special restomod. A two time winner of the SEMA show, this one of a kind Torino was featured in Fast and Furious 7, undergoing an over $2 million restomodification. The car boasts a 529 cubic…
The Nada way
Every year, dealers and other industry attendees from across the United States converge for a week in February to discuss the latest trends and business opportunities on the dealership side of the automotive industry. This year, the National Auto Dealers Association (NADA)…
CES 2024 – It’s an Auto Show!
This past week marked the 56th annual Consumer Electronics Show and the 100th anniversary of the Consumer Technology Association. From January 9-12, thousands of exhibitors and around 140 thousand attendees from across the world flocked to Las Vegas to see the cutting edge of…
Truck Truck Go!
With the holiday season upon us, millions of Americans look to purchase their next vehicle. As environmental consciousness and government incentives continue to increase, many will decide that their next vehicle will be all electric. However, navigating this growing market…
Sustaining the Auto Industry
Since the Second World War, every decade of American automotive culture has had a defining characteristic. The 1950s were defined by chrome and fins, the 60s by muscle cars, the 70s by the malaise, and so on and so forth. While it is only 2023, a fairly clear pattern has…
The Green Acceleration
Rapid technological advancement is often a symptom of great human need. On a fateful December day in 1903, the Wright Brothers accomplished the first controlled flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft. After almost 5000 years of human civilization, this was the first time that…
Turning EV Dreams Into Reality: Fleet Edition
The 2020s will one day be remembered as the era of mass electric vehicle adoption. Every quarter, the market share for EVs grows, and it feels like every month another OEM is announcing a pledge to go all electric by the end of the decade. As consumers are urged to switch…
Tech Training Transition, Today!
For the first time in history, workers from Detroit’s Big Three automakers have decided to go on strike simultaneously. After failing to reach a new deal by 11:59 pm this past Thursday night, United Auto Workers’ President Shawn Fain directed workers from the largest union in…
Electric – Connected – Predictive
As the automotive industry transitions towards EVs, many important questions have arisen about maintaining these increasingly complex and expensive vehicles. The average cost of a new car is 28% higher than it was pre-pandemic, and as technology continues to advance, it is…
Broken Record
With summer winding down, one theme dominated headlines around the world for the last two months: record heat. Temperatures from California to Greece reached record highs, with hundreds of millions of people locked in a months-long pattern of extreme temperatures with little…
Summertime Classics
This past Father’s Day, two parts of the AMA team had the opportunity to celebrate the occasion by enjoying the Cheekwood Concours d’Elegance in Nashville, Tennessee. Dan, our Advisory Director, and his son Hayden, our Head of Market Research, are lifelong car enthusiasts,…
AMA at Auto Tech: Detroit 2023
Bridging the long gap between CES 2023 and CES 2024, AutoTech Detroit marks a productive halfway point through the year for the automotive industry to showcase their latest advances and outlooks in automotive technology. Attended by nearly 2500 industry professionals, 250…
AMA at Auto Tech: Detroit 2023
Bridging the long gap between CES 2023 and CES 2024, AutoTech Detroit marks a productive halfway point through the year for the automotive industry to showcase their latest advances and outlooks in automotive technology. Attended by nearly 2500 industry professionals, 250…
George Ayres moderates a panel discussion on ATSC 3.0 Data Delivery to Automobiles at NAB, Las Vegas
Last Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 I had the pleasure of seeing George Ayres, Managing Director of Automobility Advisors, moderate a panel discussion on ATSC 3.0 Data Delivery to Automobiles at NAB. The panel featured some fantastic participants, including Kerry Oslund from The…
The Weakest Link
This is part two of a three part series on the development of EVs and their supporting infrastructure in the United States.
An Automobility Start-up from ITALY!
Innovation and technological development in the automotive industry is a global phenomenon. Companies hailing from all over the world create and invent revolutionary products and services, driving the advancement of technology forward at a breakneck pace. Hailing from Rome,…
Infrastructure Implications
On Wednesday, January 25th, US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced legislation to the senate that would prevent automakers from receiving EV tax credits for vehicles that are unable to meet the new battery and mineral standards outlined in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).…
The Durability of Automobility: How Automotive Tech Benefits from High-Tech Layoffs
In the last 10 years or so, high tech has evolved into a sort of weathervane for indicating the health of the economy. Companies such as Apple, Google, Tesla, and Microsoft seem to serve as indicators for periods of economic growth and retraction, and their success is often…
Carpe EV Diem
So many things are now happening within the mobility space, all at the same time, that there seems to be some new momentum for change. It’s now getting much harder to see that we might go anywhere but forward. More electric vehicles have been purchased by more open-minded…
The Auto Digital Experience Fight Club
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