Connected car services company Zubie announced an $8 million investment from Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) this morning from Nokia’s $100 million connected car fund.
Nokia is also investing in Zubie with Nokia Growth Fund Partner, Paul Asel joining the Board of Directors.
Zubie connects to the OBDII port on cars made after 1996.
New legislation may reduce fatalities and injuries due to drunk drivers. The legislation is supported by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and sponsored by Representative Nita
There are conflicting studies on who wants connected cars, who has heard of them and why. However, a Parks Associates study found that over 75%
Lechal shoes will be offering Bluetooth-enabled smart footwear that pair with an app your phones connected to Google Maps. The Indian company is calling the smartshoes interactive haptic footwear. Some atuomotive journalists suggest that the technology my be used to enhance directions for motorcyclists and even cars.
Tesla announced its earnings, more details about the Gigafactory and new appearances on TV from Elon Musk.
Tesla reported adjusted earnings of $0.11 a share beating analyst estimates. Tesla delivered 7,579 vehicles in Q2 more than it estimated it would.
A new study by Telefónica showed there is global demand for connected car services, with more than 70 per cent of drivers surveyed saying that
After our article, yesterday, explaining that BMW’s web/mobile interface has vulnerabilities that could be hacked, a few hours later BMW’s web portal was reported down. A BMW i3 owner in the UK reported that he has been unable to register for BMW’s ConnectedDrive service since July 19, continually receiving error messages. The outage is due to a system update in the UK and Europe. In the meantime BMW’s apps on Google Play have some of the worst user reviews, we’ve seen.
Telsa may soon be entering the realm of “affordable” cars in the price range of high end Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf but with 200 miles of driving on a charge.
The Tesla Model 3 will start at $35,000 in 2017. IT will be a smaller version of the Tesla S with similar distance and battery options. First Tesla will make the Model X SUV with gull wing doors due out later this year.
Due to urban legends and rumors about fires from laptop batteries, some people still think that electric car batteries are dangerous. Earlier this year, there
Ferrari claims that the new Ferrari California T is the perfect synthesis of sportiness, elegance and technology. The red carpet premier of the Ferrari California
Developers could win as much as $15,000 for finding new exciting creative uses for Los Angeles’ vast parking space surplus and quagmire of problems.
Los Angeles has a parking problem even though it has the highest density of parking spaces in the world. It’s downtown contains more spaces per acre than any other city. However finding a parking spot can still be difficult and stressful. L.A. also has a mountain-size surplus because lots are built for prime times and often vacant.
WiFi-Honk, for Android is an app developed by University of Missouri SCE faculty and student researchers received the Best Video Award at the ACM Mobisys 2014