All Connected car articles – Page 40
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Volvo's next XC90 likely to have oversized display
Volvo showed a concept with a big monitor at the IAA (Photo: Volvo)FRANKFURT - A senior Volvo executive said the next version of the XC90, which will be launched in 2014, will likely have a big portrait-layout monitor not unlike the display in Tesla's new Model S.Volvo unveiled a ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Ford developer sees opportunities in smartphones
Ford's Hohage says Ford's HMI focuses on affordability (Photo: Claus Dick)FRANKFURT - Smartphones provide a "window of opportunity" to upgrade and personalize in-car infotainment beyond the possibilities of embedded technologies, a senior Ford development executive said Tuesday.Speaking to the 400 participants at the Mobility 3.0 Congress here, Caspar Dirk ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Daimler exec sees gradual convergence of connectivity systems
Haeussermann says focus is on digital natives as auto industry changes (Photo: Claus Dick)FRANKFURT - Different methods for integrating smartphones in the car will continue for years before an eventual standardization takes place, a senior Daimler executive said Wednesday."Unfortunately, we'll have to suffer many systems until one standard wins ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: BMW exec sees "iconic change" for car industry
BMW's Blaettel says lots of questions remain about new mobility  (Photo: Claus Dick)FRANKFURT - The auto industry is undergoing an "iconic change" as it moves into a new-mobility era, a senior BMW executive said Wednesday.Bernhard Blaettel, director mobility services at the German premium car maker, told the Mobility ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Bosch executive says autonomous driving will be a while
Bosch's Hoheisel sees progress on connectivity (Photo: Claus Dick)FRANKFURT ”“ Advanced driving assistance functions are getting a big boost from improved connectivity, a senior Robert Bosch executive said Wednesday, but full autonomous driving will take a while to become a reality."Amid all the euphoria about autonomous driving, we believe ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: VDA chief sees central role for connectivity
FRANKFURT - Germany's chief automotive industry lobbyist said on Wednesday that information technology has become "an essential precondition for a decision to buy" a particular car model.In an address to the Mobility 3.0 conference here, Wissmann, who heads Germany's automobile industry association (VDA), cited two central themes for this year's ...
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ArticleIAA: Continental, IBM cooperate on connected vehicle technology
Continental expect partially automated driving to start in 2016 (Photo: Continental)FRANKFURT ”“ Continental and IBM will jointly develop connected-vehicle technologies for the auto industry. The two companies announced their joint plans at a press conference at the Frankfurt auto show (IAA) Tuesday."Step-by-step development of future mobility is highly complex ...
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ArticleIAA: Daimler CEO not afraid of non-traditional competition
The Mercedes S 500 Intelligent Drive covered more than 100 km autonomously (Photo: DaimlerFRANKFURT ”“ Dieter Zetsche is not afraid of competition from new entrants into the market for personal mobility.The Daimler CEO said he respects initiatives by new automakers and players from other industries to get traction in ...
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ArticlePoint of view: HMI still has way to go
Hilmar Dunker is editor-in-chief of Germany's automotiveIT and carIT magazinescarIT magazine recently commissioned a test to see how the infotainment operating systems of the three German premium car manufacturers stack up.The Doppler Laboratory for Contextual Interfaces at Austria's Salzburg University together with the Auto Club Europe employed 36 specially ...
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ArticleAt IFA show, Mulally promises more high-tech features for Ford
Mulally also unveiled a 2nd generation S-Max concept (Photo: Ford)BERLIN -- Ford will bring more high-tech features to its cars as the US automaker adapts to the changing needs of the car buyer, CEO Alan Mulally said Friday.In a keynote address at the IFA consumer electronics show here, Mulally ...
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ArticleFrost analyst skeptical of Apple's auto iOS
Apple wants to use Siri voice recognition to run in-car infotainment functions (Photo: Apple)Apple's recently announced automotive platform comes too late to make a major impact, a Frost & Sullivan analyst said in a press release. As a result, the software is likely to be used mostly by niche ...
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ArticleIFA - Berlin
The annual IFA consumer electronics show starts in Berlin Sept 4.The show, one of the biggest in the world, is used by many electronics companies to present new products. Its focus is on digital products such as smart TVs, tablet computers, smartphones and networked home appliances.This year, Ford CEO Alan ...
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ArticleFord's Mulally to make keynote address at IFA consumer electronics show
Mulally's IFA address takes place just ahead of the Frankfurt auto show (Photo: Ford)Ford CEO Alan Mulally, underlining the growing importance of consumer electronics for the auto industry, will deliver a keynote address at the IFA trade show in Berlin September 6.IFA, which is one of the world's biggest ...
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ArticleNissan sets 2020 as target for range of autonomous vehicles
Nissan has already been testing autonomous vehicles in the US (Photo: Nissan)Nissan said it will have available several "commercially viable" autonomous vehicles by 2020. Prices will be "realistic" and the company's stated goal isto have autonomous vehicles across its model range. It wants to achieve that in the course ...
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ArticleMicrosoft's Ballmer plans to retire as CEO in next 12 months
Ballmer earlier this year announced a major strategic reorientation for Microsoft (Photo: Microsoft)Microsoft said its CEO, Steve Ballmer, plans to retire within 12 months.The US software maker said its board of directors has started the search for a successor. Ballmer will stay on as CEO until that process has ...
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ArticleFord looks into space to find connected car improvements
St. Petersburg Polytechnic Associate Professor Vladimir Mulukha shakes hands with a mobile humanoid used in Ford's space research (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor hopes to learn from space robots how it can further improve car connectivity.The US-based automaker is embarking on a three-year research partnership with Russia's St. Petersburg Polyechnic University ...
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FeatureDiez: "Times are getting tougher" for auto industry
Diez says electric mobility needs to become more fashionable (Photo: Claus Dick)Veteran industry observer Willi Diez said the car market in Germany and Europe won't likely pick up anytime soon. "The times are definitely getting tougher," Diez said in an interview with automotiveIT.The economist, who runs the Institute for ...
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ArticleSirius acquires Agero's connected-car business
Sirius XM has more than 25 million subscribers (Photo: Sirius XM)Sirius XM Radio is buying the connected vehicle services business of Agero as it strives to broaden its footprint beyond its core radio offering. Sirius is paying 530 million dlrs in cash for the Agero operations.The US-based satellite radio ...
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ArticleAccenture to buy Prion in bid to grow PLM business
Prion is a specialist for Siemens' Teamcenter PLM software (Photo: Prion)Accenture plans to buy Prion Group in a bid to grow its consulting business in the product lifecycle management (PLM) area.The US-based consultant said the planned acquisition of Prion, a privately held German PLM specialist, will expand its end-to-end ...
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ArticleWith S3 Sportback, Audi claims LTE 1st
LTE gives Audi drivers and passengers more connected options (Photo: Audi)Audi said its new S3 Sportback is the first production car to fully integrate the LTE data standards.The German premium carmaker said LTE or 4G as it is also known is now avaialable in the model and will be ...
