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What’s New – January 19, 2015

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Darcy Conlin

January continues to bring in exciting news for the autonomous and driverless transportation industry. A quick headline scan shows … Google says it doesn’t need US OK to test self-driving cars. … Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor introduced a driverless concept car with a fish tank. … While the New York Assembly introduces a driverless vehicle bill again, Michigan builds a mini-city to test driverless vehicles. Click here to see these stories and all the news from last week.

 

Our Driverless Transportation D20 Stock Index ended the week virtually unchanged, losing . only 0.04 percent of its value to close Friday at 130.620. Among the component companies, Google (GOOG) regained a little from the previous week, moving from $496.17 to $508.08 for a 2.4 percent gain, making it this week’s absolute gainer. Other than Visteon (VC) and Delphi (DLPH), most of the Auto Parts manufacturers were gainers. Continental (CTTAY) led the pack, moving from $40.92 to $44.30 for an 8.26 percent gain, making it the week’s top percentage gainer. Tesla (TSLA) declined for the fourth week in a row, losing $13.59, or 6.58 percent, to end the week at $193.07, making it the week’s biggest percentage and absolute loser. Many investors are beginning to value Tesla like an automotive manufacturer versus a high tech start-up and because of that its stock price is suffering. See our D20 Stock Index page.

 

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