2S2R Connected Car News: Google, Esurance, Aston Martin, Ford & Volvo
There was connected car news this week that is too short to report from Google, Esurance, Aston Martin, Ford and Volvo. SXSW for Mayors, Google
Self-driving cars need human controls or new laws for driverless cars
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will hold two public meetings this spring to gather input as it develops guidelines for
Embedded Chips and Connected Car News Tips: HARMAN, Magna, Bosch, Toyota, Nuance & VW
Embedded chips and software news this week includes news from HARMAN, Magna, Bosch, Toyota, Nuance and VW. HARMAN Finalizes Sale of TowerSec HARMAN, connected technologies
Connected Car connections– smartphones via Bluetooth, start-ups & company cars
LSPdigital offers some very interesting figures and stats about connected cars. Drivers consider smartphones are integrated into their cars. A majority of connected car startups
GM buys Cruise Automation for self-driving development
General Motors Co. announced it is acquiring Cruise Automation to add Cruise’s deep software talent and rapid development capability to further accelerate GM’s development of
Ford spins off Ford Smart Mobility for connected, mobile, shared-data and car services
Ford Smart Mobility LLC is established as a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company with operations in Palo Alto, California, and Dearborn, Michigan to design, build,
Ford Self-Driving in Snow Cars Map, Eat Data & Sense Snow in MCity
Ford is testing self-driving cars in the snow and they reveal six facts about its technology that allows for the Ford to drive itself in
There’s no substitute for car owning even car/ride-sharing survey says
Kelley Blue Book survey results show that ride- and car-sharing is not an imminent threat to new-car buying and vehicle ownership, despite the growing number
INRIX buys OpenCar to compete with Android Auto & CarPlay + Launches Autotelligent
INRIX announced it bought OpenCar to extendits platform into the dashboard and deliver third-party content and apps to challenge Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The
Bus video & photos show Google self-driving car at fault, consumer group demands Google’s video/data
Although Google is not required to release videos of their crashes, the bus company released video showing how the Google Lexus caused the sidewipe of
Most don’t remember car hacking, many want connected cars, survey says
Although there has been vehicle hacking in the news lately such as the hacking and grounding of the Nissan Connect Leaf CARWINGS app and the
Self-parking/autonomous parking to grow in 3 phases
Research shows that cars will eventually entirely park themselves in the final phase of three phases of self-parking with each state displacing the former over