Volvo Cars, the Swedish Transport Administration and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration are working together to enable cars to share information about conditions that relate to road friction, such as icy patches and hazard lights.
Certification testing and grants are making V2V and V2I connection protocols ready for deployment. The US Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration are working with partners to create standards and testing procedures for connected
RealVNC, maker of VNC remote access technology and MirrorLink supplier is showing telematics infrastructure for cars at Mobile World Congress. RealVNC will be demonstrating its telematics infrastructure that allows drivers to connect to cloud based
Continental, HERE and IBM collaborated on eHorizon with real-time digital maps using the IBM connected car cloud that is available for automakers to offer real-time maps and traffic updates safety, engine and navigation. eHorizon digital
A report written by the staff of Senator Edward J. Markey notes that new connected car technologies with wireless access could be open to hacking or unauthorized use of data for commercial purposes. Because cars
Ford European Research & Innovation Center, Aachen, Germany, and the Technology and Innovation Management Institute of RWTH Aachen University will launch the Personal Mobility Experience Innovation project, this month as part of Ford Smart Mobility.
W3C announced collaboration for standards and security for app developers and vendors of web connected cars. The new Automotive Working Group is chartered to develop Open Web Platform specifications for HTML5/JavaScript application developers enabling web
BMW Group announced that it has increased the security of data transmission in its vehicles in response to reports from the German Automobile Association (ADAC). ADAC identified a potential security gap during data transmission. BMW
The automotive semi-conductor market showed a 10% percent growth year over year to reach $29 billion in 2014. iHS predicts that by 2015 the automotive semiconductor market reach $31 billioin, a strong 7.5 percent improvement
Ford opened its Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto. Research from the center will quicken development of connected car tech, connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. Ford SYNC AppLink won the Tech
Nissan announced new 2015 NissanConnect Mobile Apps: Twitter and TripAdvisor along with the launch of iOS support for Pandora. NissanConnect Mobile Apps is an infotainment platform that uses drivers’ smartphones to help drivers connect to
CD players will be a thing of the past in Hyundai Cars in the United States starting with the 2016 model year. Hyundai will offer music playing smartphone connected digital music features. Smartwatch Android Wear