GM gives Lyft Drivers a lift with affordable Chevy Equinox rentals
Lyft and General Motors announced the launch of their Express Drive short-term rental program for Lyft platform, drivers only. The program will make cars available
Why iOS 9.2.1-9.3 iPhone 5-5S-6-6S+ Bluetooth connection issues/problem fixes work for some cars
Since the iPhone iOS update to iOS 8.0 car owners have been plagued with strange Bluetooth connection problems updating iPhones to iOS 9.2.1 and even
Los Angeles and London top list of worse times in traffic
We congratulate Los Angeles for being the most traffic congested city in the U.S. which beat out most European cities, according to INRIX’s 2015 Traffic
New EWID ADAS warns drivers at intersections & starts autobraking
Marcus Automotive and Safer Technology Solutions (STS) developed the Early Warning Intersection Device (EWID)designed to eliminate intersection accidents. A multi-phase driver alert system brings driver
Smart City Finalists announced: winning city will get Amazon Web, Mobileye, Autodesk & NXP services
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, joined by Barbara Bennett, President and COO of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. and Rick Clemmer CEO of NXP Semiconductors,
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