Hack Attack du Jour: Kamkar cracks BMW, Mercedes, UConnect & Viper remote apps
Sammy Kamkar, whose OwnStar intercept of smartphone logins to the OnStar RemoteLink app wreaked havoc on GM, is now taking hack shots at BMW Remote,
Drivers uncertain about ADAS especially adaptive cruise control
A new study from the University of Iowa found that most drivers expressed uncertainty about how vehicle safety technologies work. The survey also showed that
College students share Nissans at universities @$5.00 an hour
Enterprise CarShare and Nissan are offering affordable rides for college students, staff and faculty to drive around town. Their new partnership supplies Enterprise CarShare fleets
Infiniti Q60 QX30 Virtual Reality dreams @ Pebble Beach
Infiniti is partnering with TEN The Enthusiast Network during the 2015 Pebble Beach automotive week to showcase their design and performance with technology experiences. Guests
Hack Attack Du Jour: OBD-II dongle used by Metromile & Uber
Researchers, Ian Foster, Andrew Prudhomme, Karl Koscher, and Stefan Savage at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego have found
Mercedes-Benz mbrace connected car features for 2016 models: 5 years free
Mercedes-Benz USA announced the launch of mbrace Connect for all 2016 Mercedes-Benz models. The mbrace Connect bundle will be standard on all 2016 Mercedes-Benz passenger
Hack Attack Du Jour: keyless radio jammer saves unlock code for later
Samy Kamkar is back in the hacking seat again. Previously, he hacked the OnStar RemoteLink app with something he called OwnStar. This time, he figured
Smart seat adjusts by hand gestures
Gestures are not only being used for automotive infotainment and phone features, researchers are working on gesture controlled seats. Fraunhofer and Isringhausen GmbH & Co.
Signing gestures coming from Delphi for BMW & more
Delphi will continue ask for a show of hands to operate cars with its gesture technology at IAA in Frankfurt in September. Delphi has developed
AUTO Connected Car News Shorts: Nuance, Wind River, NXP, Audi, Toyota, Honda, GM, TrulyHandsfree & Johnson Controls
There were many connected car news shorts this week with news that was too short report about Nuance, Wind River, NXP, Audi, Toyota, Honda, GM,
Connected Car Expo connects expert speakers, exhibitors, media & more @ JW Mariott/L.A. Live
The Los Angeles Auto Show’s Connected Car Expo (CCE) announced that it outgrew the Los Angeles Convention Center and will now will take over the
Audi self-driving cooperates with Ko-HAF
Audi is participating in the “Cooperative Highly-Automated Driving” initiative (Ko-HAF). Ko-HAF will develop standards and technologies that enable cooperative driving between highly-automated vehicles in road