Car insurance for Uber, Lyft and TNC drivers coming to California
Starting this week, Californians who choose to drive for a Transportation Network Company (TNC) have a new option for insurance. Allstate now offers optional coverage
Over-the-Air Updates for cars without modems from smartphones, coming
Movimento and Abalta Technologies announced that they are working together to enable vehicles without embedded modems receive over-the-air (OTA) software updates. This global solution, combines
2S2R Connected Car News: Lyft, Uber, Tesla, ZF TRW, HARMAN, Johnson Controls & Hitachi
This week there was plenty of connected car news that was too short to report about Lyft, Uber, Tesla, ZF TRW, Green Hills Software, Android
Why Bluetooth Siri-ous issues with iOS 9.2.1 iPhone 5-6+S with car infotainment: GMC, Buick, Mercedes, Kia & BMW
Every time, Apple issues an update for iPhones and iOS since 8.0 through 9.2.1, car owners with infotainment systems experience issues with their Bluetooth connections
Connected car infotainment outside of the box in a simple box with Bluetooth and iPad, iPhone or Android tablet?
Parrot introduced the Soca Simple Box, Android-based infotainment for the automotive industry. Instead of requiring an expensive touchscreen the infotainment unit works with the driver’s
Self-driving car failures should keep human driver DMV rules says Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog strongly endorsed the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ draft regulations for autonomous vehicles that require self-driving robot cars have a licensed driver behind
FCW with autobraking can prevent rear-end crashes
Vehicles with front crash prevention are much less likely to rear-end other vehicles, IIHS has found in the first study of the feature’s effectiveness using
Parked connected cars can help find gas leaks, thieves, parking & pets
So far, many theories about connected cars have to do with the cars while they are driving on the road. IBM researchers are seeing parked
Connected car predictions for 2016
Airbiquity released its top 2016 connected car predictions for the automotive industry. The company predicts accelerated technology advances, threats from tech powerhouses, OTA software updates,
Apple CarPlay, Android Auto & Amazon to Echo in Infotainment Revs
A new study from Juniper Research estimates that the adoption of connected in-vehicle infotainment systems will produce revenues exceeding $600 million in 2020, representing a
New CarPlay & Android Auto recievers launch in March
Pioneer announced five new CarPlay-enabled Networked Entertainment eXperience (NEX) receivers, the AVIC-8200NEX, AVIC-7200NEX, AVIC-6200NEX, AVIC-5200NEX and AVH-4200NEX with expanded Bluetooth and entertainment options. Three models
2S2R Connected Car News: Obama, HARMAN, Merritor WABCO, Jaguar Land Rover, Geotab & On
There has been more connected car news that was too short to report about, Obama, HARMAN, research, Merritor WABCO, Jaguar Land Rover, Geotab and On