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Automatic Labs succumbs to COVID-19, will soon shut down connected car service

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Обновлённый адаптер Automatic сделает управление автомобилем более комфортным

Alan Kay: “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”

Launched in October, @Automatic has already seen its drivers in aggregate improving their driving habits. “Over the last four or five months we’ve seen users in the field improve; on a scale of 100 they have gone up from an average of 70 to about 93. They are changing their style of driving,” noted Automatic Labs CEO Thejo Kote.

The device is not intended for hypermilers, super-vigilant drivers who dawdle on motorways, coast downhill and enjoy the benefit of drafting behind articulated lorries. Rather, Automatic says its system is for the average person, typically a commuter, who spends about $2,700 per year on petrol. Automatic's boss and co-founder, Thejo Kote, says that small changes in driving style can lead to 30% efficiency gains. The Environmental Protection Agency backs him up: its fuel-efficiency website states that the three transgressions identified by Automatic mean drivers pay 15% to 50% more for petrol than they ought to. Decreasing fuel consumption by 5% would pay for the cost of the device in a matter of months.