AT&T Drive Studio was busy at CES promoting new apps as well as developing new apps and announcing partnerships. There are five new applications for
Volkswagen is demonstrating many high tech features at the CES, including auto-docked charging, smartphone/app integration, gesture controls and autonomous/semi-autonomous driving. At CES, VW e-Golf models
Polaroid announced new Polaroid dashcams with added safety features and warning systems that will be shown at CES. The Polaroid line of in-vehicle dashcams records
AutoTrader in its 2014 In-Vehicle Technology Shopper Influence Study showed how vehicle technology influences car and truck buying decisions.
Vehicle owners give great priory to safety features over infotainment (84 percent). Blind spot detection and back-up cameras/sensors top the safety list.
Today, at the Connected Car Expo at the LA Auto Show, Audi showed its MIB-2 (Modular Infotainment Platform) electronics architecture that shortens the development cycle
Global Automakers and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers agreed to auto industry consumer privacy protection principles for vehicle technologies and services. Car companies agreed to
At Telematics West Coast, Magnus Feuer, a systems architect with Jaguar/Land Rover, demonstrated an over-the-air update on a Jaguar S convertible programmed with open source
We’ve seen smartphones described as sexy but herein marks the first time we’ve see an OBDII device get the “sexy” moniker. In the introduction to
ChargePoint announced that electric vehicle (EV) drivers can sign up and pay for ChargePoint with PayPal. ChargePoint stations are independently owned, some offer charging for
Freescale Semiconductor announced a hardware/software development system for Ethernet connectivity (Wi-Fi) in vehicles. The system can be used for infotainment, instrument cluster, camera telematics and rear seat entertainment designs. It supports real-time data transport throughout the vehicle.
The new SABRE (Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid Engineering) for Auto Infotainment (AI) features i.MX 6 processors to speed and simplify Ethernet Audio Video Bridging (AVB) deployment. Freescale reports that it is Freescale’s most scalable implementation of the ARM Cortex-A9 CPU cores, with processing speeds up to 1 GHz, and a high level of automotive-specific integration. The expansion boards range in price from $699-$799.
Doing things while you are driving is distracting. The more brain power the function requires the more distracting it is. The AAA Foundation for Traffic
The advertising industry is getting ready to learn how to offer contextual advertising in cars. In a video from AdAdge, Jack Krawczyk discusses Pandora advertising in cars. Pandora is expected to be in one-third of cars sold by the end of the year.