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.
Eight states are planning to promote electric car ownership by making it cheaper and easier with perks such as, more charging stations, carpool lane access, cheaper tolls and free parking. California and east coast states are working together to put more Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) on the road to the tune of 3.3 million by 2025.
The State of California has issued guidelines for laws governing autonomous vehicles that will go into effect September 16. Rules for public use of driverless cars will be ready by January 2015.
DMV will begin accepting applications on July 1, 2014. A $150 Non-refundable application fee includes permits for 10 vehicles and 20 drivers/operators per application. The application requires the make, model and vehicle identification numbers of the cars being tested.
Air pollution from all the trucks that come and go to the Port of Los Angeles is awful. Diesel exhaust is responsible for 70 percent
Parks and Associates has studied the connected car “ecosystem” and along with presenting “Connections” in San Francisco found the higher-priced the car, the more connectivity buyers expect.
The company found that early 50% of consumers planning to buy a car in the next 12 months value connected car features, especially by for luxury cars buyers such as Audi. The Audi A3 comes with 4 LTE connections from AT&T, it also features cell phone signal boosting.
This week has been a very news worthy week in the connected car space. News stories included the first deployment of 4G LTE in US cars, trade shows, a new research center and liability issues.