The 2013 Global Connected Car Contest Winners were announced in February and are sponsored by SAP Winners are invited to Silicon Valley in August to meet with experts from SAP and General Motors to work on their ideas.
University of Texas Naveen Jindal School of Management students’ Hermes Road Warrior System won for Hermes Road Warrior System in the other category.
YouTube and government agencies are showing videos in an attempt to try to get teenagers and young adults to stop texting while driving. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
In the rap video “I’m a Textpert Rap Battle” Rhett and Link rap in funky fake cars about how cool they are because they can text and drive. Guess what happens? They crash into each other. The video has over half a million views since April 7 and links to http://www.distraction.gov/.
Revenue from automotive data assets from integrated connected car systems will generate $14.5 billion in revenue by 2020, according to a connected car study from IHS Automotive, driven by Polk.
In Emerging Technologies: Big Data in the Connected Car, IHS Automotive predicts there will be 152 million actively connected cars on global roads by 2020 generating 11.1 petabytes of data.
The car that came from the Silicon Valley, the Tesla S has some premiere connected car features. What do we know about the Tesla S connected experience and how is it being used? Is it bleeding edge or in need of an upgrade? The Tesla S comes with a a 17″ touchscreen using AT&T HSPA+ … Read more
As app makers find all sorts of ways to connect cars and smartphones, it didn’t take long for advertising to enter the space. In the future, connected cars may be aware of the drivers needs, before the driver is even aware of what is needed.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will require all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds to have rear view cameras by May 2018.
NHTSA reported that it will increase safety of these vehicles by significantly reducing the risk of fatalities and serious injuries caused by backover accidents.
Although there has been no official word from Pioneer electronics after Apple’s CarPlay announcement. There have been rumors suggesting that Pioneer is working on after market CarPlay solutions. According to MacRumors a customer rep told a reader. Pioneer makes in dash audio systems and is known for its App Radio devices, recent models launched at … Read more
TomTom announced that its business unit dedicated to providing fleet management and vehicle telematics services has been renamed to TomTom Telematics.
The Head-Up Display (HUD) Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.8% from 2013 to 2020, and reach $8.3 Billion in 2020 reported MarketsandMarkets.
CIO Review named it’s “Top 20 Most Promising Automotive Tech Solution Providers” for 2014. Many of the companies are a “Who’s Who” of the connected car and dealership services markets.
Connected World editor, Peggy Smedley claims the technology to eliminate accident and death due to distracted driving is literally at our fingertips.
Smedley contends that due to technology available, all it takes is the will to restrain ourselves from looking away from the road.
Machina Research in a survey for Vodaphone ranked car maker for sophistication in their connected car experiences.
BMW’s ConnectedDrive was top ranked as the best, followed by GM’s OnStar in second place and third place went to Ford for its embedded offering, followed by Audi and Chrysler.
