All Connected car articles – Page 51
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ArticleStudy: Buyers' interest in connected cars growing
Connectivity options such as those available to Mini drivers are increasing in popularity (Photo: BMW)Buyers in Germany are showing sharply higher interest in connected cars, according to a study by market researchers Puls.The study shows that, when asked how interested they would be in buying a connected car, 47 pc ...
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ArticleGM appoints computer exec to run OnStar, infotainment
Mary Chan (Photo: Dell)General Motors has hired a senior executive from computer maker Dell to run its global infotainment operations, which include the OnStar telematics unit.The carmaker said Mary Chan, senior vice president and general manager of Dell's Enterprise Mobility Solutions & Services division, started at GM May 1 in ...
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ArticleUS, German carmakers to demo fast EV charger
ACEA will make this combined charger the standard for new EVs in Europe from 2017 (Photo: VW)A group of eight US and German carmakers will demonstrate a common fast-charging technology they hope will accelerate the spread of electric vehicles.Volkswagen, Â Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors and Porsche will ...
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ArticleFord integrates Baidu Ting, QQ Music Apps in new chinese Focus
Nigel Harris, general manager of China’s Changan Ford Sales Company, shows the new Ford Focus ST at the Beijing Auto Show (Photo: Ford)Ford is expanding the infotainment options in its new Chinese Focus model by integrating the popular Baidu Ting and QQ Music applications.The services will be available at no ...
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FeatureInterview: JCI's automotive CIO on course to meet global targets
Sanjay Rishi is CIO and group vice president, information technology, at Automotive Experience, the biggest division of US-based Johnson Controls.Rishi runs a global IT operation with between 400 and 500 people worldwide, not including a "partner ecosystem" of companies that provide a broad range of IT services to JCI.The automotive ...
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ArticleBosch to buy Chinese infotainment company
Bosch developed a special navigation system for Volkswagen in China (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch plans to acquire a majority shareholding in a Chinese maker of instrument clusters and infotainment systems.In a move designed to strengthen its position in China and East Asia, the German automotive supplier said it is buying a ...
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ArticleNew Opel Insignia features Magna's forward-collision warning system
Magna says its Eyeris vision system will help automakers such as Opel meet tougher EU pedestrian-safety rules (Photo: Wikimedia)The new Opel Insignia will be one of the first cars in Europe to have a camera-based forward-collision warning system, supplier Magna International said.Magna said its Eyeris electronic vision system, which was ...
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ArticleGarmin opens new offices in Shanghai, Stuttgart, Yokohama
Garmin, which manufactures navigation, communication and information devices and applications, wants to grow its automotive business (Photo: Garmin)Garmin has opened new offices in three major markets as it boosts its global satellite navigation activities and expands its automotive business.The Swiss-based company, said new offices in Shanghai, Stuttgart and Yokohama are ...
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ArticleMcKinsey: China needs new EV strategy
China wants to boost EV sales to reduce traffic pollution (Photo: Anna Frodesiak/Wikimedia)China needs to boost sales of range-extended electric vehicles, rather than focus too heavily on pure EVs, according to McKinsey.In a study of the Chinese EV market, the strategy consultants say it will be at least 10 years ...
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ArticleBeing auto show: GM shows mobility concept
GM’s EN-V 2.0 concept provides a vision of future urban mobility (Photo: GM)General Motors showed a new version of its EN-V 2.0 mobility concept at the Beijing auto show, underlining the auto industry's resolve to address the changing requirement of mostly urban car drivers."The EN-V 2.0 concept would use technologies ...
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ArticleCadillac expects "self-driving vehicle" by mid-decade
Cadillac says it will be ready to build a self-driving or "semi-autonomous" vehicle by the middle of this decade.The luxury car brand of General Motors said it already has the technology to let cars manage themselves with the use of adaptive cruise control and lane centering software. Those technologies, which ...
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ArticleGenivi All Member Meeting - Paris
Genivi will hold its annual member meeting at Disneyland outside Paris April 24-27, with more than 500 participants scheduled to attend.The alliance, whose goal is to develop cross-industry software standards for the development of in-vehicle infotainment, groups automakers, automotive suppliers, telematics and mobile phone companies.Speaking at a Telematics Update conference ...
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ArticleTelematics Update: Room seen for embedded and smartphone-based connectivity
MUNICH ”” Cars will be connected to the internet through both embedded and smartphone-based systems, telematics executives said Wednesday.In a discussion of the pros and cons of the different approaches at a Telematics Update conference here, a panel of experts said the mode of connectivity depends on different factors."I see ...
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ArticleTelematics Update: Analyst says traffic is key telematics application
MUNICH -- Traffic information is the most important telematics application in the car, a senior market researcher said Wednesday."What's the value proposition of telematics? Clearly traffic is top of the list," said Roger Lanctot, associate director, global automotive practice, at market researchers Strategy Analytics.Lanctot, speaking at a Telematics Update conference ...
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ArticleQNX joins Car Connectivity Consortium
QNX Software Systems has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), boosting the alliance's efforts to establish standards for smartphone-based connected vehicles.The goal of CCC, which counts among its members many of the world's major carmakers, automotive suppliers and consumer electronics and mobile phone firms, is to boost innovation and standardization ...
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ArticleA flying car or a street-legal airplane?
The production prototype of a street-legal airplane completed its first successful flight, raising the possibility that cars will one day fly - or airplanes will become a regular feature on the world's roads.The US based Terrafugia company said its Transition Street-Legal Airplane has also successfully conducted initial drive and conversion ...
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ArticleIn pilot project, IBM connects Honda cars to US power grid
IBM says communication between EVs and the grid provides a "ground-breaking" boost to the eletric vehicle industry (Graphic: IBM)IBM, aiming to show how electric vehicles can interact with the power grid, has teamed up with Japanese carmaker Honda and US utility Pacific Gas and Electric in a pilot project to ...
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ArticleAutomotiveIT test-drives the LTE-equipped Audi A8
Audi is testing the new LTE mobile communication standard with a long-wheelbase A8 model (Photo: Audi)Carmakers are increasing their efforts to improve car connectivity through the introduction of LTE.The new standard, which is set to increase the speed and capacity of mobile communications, is still in the trial phase in ...
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ArticleBMW's i8 Concept Spyder further expands "i" brand
BMW unveiled a fourth new model in its "i" range, underscoring the carmaker's intentions to expand the new brand it is officially launching next year.The BMW i8 Concept Spyder is a plug-in hybrid powered by an electric motor and a gasoline combustion engine which, together, provide a combined output of ...
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ArticleVolkmar Denner to take over as Bosch CEO effective July 1
CEO Franz Fehrenbach (left) will head the Bosch supervisory board. He will be succeeded by Volkmar Denner (Photo: Bosch)Volkmar Denner, a Robert Bosch board member, will succeed Franz Fehrenbach as CEO of the world's largest automotive supplier July 1.Denner, 55, is currently board member in charge of corporate research and ...
