The Cost of Speeding: Save a Little Time, Spend a Lot of Money
One of our engineers is a guy named Ted, who spends a lot of time in the wilderness. He drives quite a bit, mostly on weekends to places like Yosemite National Park or Big Sur. He cares about the...
View ArticleThe Hidden Costs of Aggressive Driving
One of the core concepts behind Automatic is that small changes to your driving habits can have a huge impact on fuel efficiency. A few weeks ago, we analyzed our users’ highway driving data and...
View ArticleA data map only Bay Bridge drivers will appreciate
Hey Bay Bridge drivers, we were doing some digging through anonymized Automatic driving data and saw this nifty pattern. Drivers speed towards the Bay Bridge toll booth and metering lights and then...
View ArticleHow To Get Out Of A Bogus Parking Ticket With Cold, Hard Data
Nima was being a good human being. When a friend asked for help with his move, Nima stepped up. But proving that no good deed goes unpunished, he got a bogus parking ticket in the process. Here’s how...
View ArticleDefense Does More Than Win Championships
The confetti has been swept up, the trophy has been lifted and spirited away to its new Mile High home, and traffic has returned to pre-Big Game levels of insufferability. Now that the Super Bowl is...
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