Self-Parking chair drives innovation for cars?
Nissan announced the first “Intelligent Parking Chair”, a concept inspired by its intelligent park assist technology that allows drivers to park their vehicles using automatic
Ride-Fi gives Wi-Fi hotspots from Sprint in cars
ALCATEL ONETOUCH made the Ride-Fi mobile 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot that is available exclusively from Sprint. With Ride-Fi, users can turn their car into a
2S2R Connected Car News Shorts: Google, Ford, LoJack, TomTom & Novelis
There has been some connected car news this week that was too short to report about, Google, Ford, LoJack, TomTom and Novelis. Google Hiring Car
Embedded Chips & Connected Car News Tips: Drivemode, Audible, HARMAN, Imagination Technologies, Mitsubishi Electric & Honeywell
Technology moves cars. Often technology news however comes in small news bytes that don’t need an entire article. Here are embedded chips and connected car
Continental’s new radio platform 4 Android Auto, Apple CarPlay & MirrorLink without CD player
The complexity of car radios is increasing due to smartphone integration, new controls and integrated features. To cope with new challenges, Continental has developed a
Intelligent Assistant Voice Tech coming from Nuance & HERE
Nuance is working with HERE for voice recognition for maps and Points of Interest(POI) data. Voice recognition has two layers one recognizes human voice and
Bosch ecosystem of connections – key to connected cars and autonomous driving, safety & happiness?
Bosch has a whole ecosystem of connections to connect cars to the Internet of Things – home, cities, life and work. Bosh offers many levels
eCall for all retrofit could be a good fit for US too?
Europe is ahead of the United States in providing emergency notifications of crashes. The eCall initiative in Europe requires cars to call for emergency help
Bluetooth device with app keeps Ford line going strong
Henry Ford invented the assembly and now the company is going further on assembly lines with a wearable device, which connected to a smartphone app,
Tesla Motors’ Summon safer now due to Consumer Reports
Tesla apparently didn’t fully test is summon feature when it released the OTA update earlier this year. Consumer Reports found that sometimes the person standing
Why there is Android Auto and CarPlay confusion for Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, Elantra, Santa Fe & Tucson
Because there continues to be some confusion about what Hyundai models will have Android Auto and Apple CarPlay we have contacted Hyundai public relations for
GM, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan & Volvo support GSMA SIM Specs
New major automotive and wireless companies now support the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification to help accelerate the growth of the connected car market, the GSMA