South by Southwest, the enormous Austin, Texas, movie, music and know-how competition that was scheduled to host about two dozen periods on transportation and future mobility, was canceled Friday due to considerations over the coronavirus.

The gathering, which was to start March 13, attracts greater than 75,000 individuals to town annually to catch a glimpse of a few of the world's greatest bands, filmmakers, politicians and enterprise executives.

The automotive trade has change into extra concerned with SXSW because the competition has grown in recognition. Kia is a serious sponsor one tier under the highest sponsorship degree. And this 12 months's panel discussions had been to cowl matters such autonomous car knowledge sharing and collaboration, future automotive cockpit design, designing the Waymo driver, and transportation security by the airwaves.

Amongst final 12 months's SXSW automotive highlights:

• U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao outlined plans to make her division extra conscious of new transport...