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
The combined average age of all light vehicles on the road in the U.S. stayed at at 11.4 years, as of Jan. 1 2014, reported IHS Automotive. It is the oldest cars have stayed since 1995, when the data was first reported.
In 2003, there were cell phones but no iPhones or Android phones. The older the car, the less connected it will be. There appears to big market for head units and other connected car features for older model cars. Most people keep their cars an average of six years.
SBD looked at in-car infotainment systems and rated them after testing them with actual drivers and experts. The study found the systems ranked highest to
QNX at Telematics Detroit announced QNX Acoustics for Voice 3.0, QNX OS for Automotive Safety 1.0 and Rightware for 3D instrument panel development.
AUPEO! opened a new office Farmington Hills, Michigan, near Detroit. The opening comes a year after AUPEO! was bought by Panasonic Corporation of North America.
Phinergy and Alcoa demoed a zero-emissions electric demo car powered with lithium ion batters with supplemental power from an aluminum-air battery at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal during the Canadian International Aluminum Conference last week (June 3-4).
Researchers at Ford and Heinz are researching the use of tomato fibers to make sustainable, composite materials for use in carmaking.
Ford researchers are testing the composite for use in wiring brackets, upholstery, and storage bins such as the kind a customer uses to hold coins and other small objects.
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc (IMS) unveiled the next generation of the DriveSync connected car platform, which now includes open cloud based architecture.
DriveSync platform now allows automotive ecosystem partners, any vehicle built after 1996 with an OBD-II ports can use connected car services using IMS plug-and-play technology with the DriveSync platform.
Telematics Update announced the winners of the 2014 Detroit awards winners include Volvo, Ericsson, INRIX, Delphi, OnStar, Elektrobit, Daimler, Audi, Nissan and GM.
Connected Car Conference (C3) founder Doug Newcomb announced the formation of the Connect Car Council and its inaugural members.
The Connected Car Council will market its members and help shape future C3 with topics such as distracted driving, data, networking, infotainment and privacy/security.