ABI Research Study Names Amazon the Top Connected Car Platform
In today’s market, all vehicles need to have advanced, user-friendly tech to be competitive. Whether it’s Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Siri Eyes Free, Bluetooth, or what have you, every automaker is vying to create the most premium in-vehicle experience. The creators of those technologies are also hoping they’ll be selected for the best and brightest […]
Hyundai Announces Partnership with Autotalks to Make Connected Cars of the Future
When people think of the cutting edge of vehicle technology, they might first come up with a self-driving Chevy Bolt, or any of the sensor-based safety systems that have been rolling out over the past few years. However, there is one technology which most people largely overlook: vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. That is sure to […]
Study: Even One Connected Car Can Help Prevent Phantom Traffic Jams
It’s an often-repeated claim that with self-driving and connected cars, traffic will get much better. However, generally, this is assumed to only be helpful when all the cars on the road are connected and self-driving. But a new study from the University of Michigan suggests we won’t have to wait until every car is fully […]
The Future of Connected Cars Is Apparently at Avis Rental in Missouri
Vehicle to vehicle, or V2V, communications is one of the technologies often discussed when talking about the future of the car industry. However, so far, the only vehicle featuring V2V communications is the Cadillac CTS sedan, which greatly limits the effectiveness of the system. New Tech: Meet the updated 2018 Chevrolet Equinox What V2V technology […]
Forget Apple: Audi Working with Android For Connected Cars
When we talk about the future of technology in cars, many people think of the work that Apple and Tesla are doing to make cars autonomous and connected to the world around them. Audi has chosen to walk a different path, bringing along fellow automaker Volvo to work with Android to develop connected vehicles. Another […]
GM Becomes First Automaker to Offer AT&T Connected Car Data Plans for Business Customers
Today General Motors Fleet and AT&T announced new plans that could transform the in-vehicle experience for business customers via high-speed 4G LTE internet service. Beginning this summer, customers with GM Fleet corporate accounts can activate OnStar 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspots in millions of vehicles, providing the ability to share unlimited data and receive simplified invoices […]
Toyota Takes a Peek at Microsoft’s Connected Car Patents
Each year, auto manufacturing companies get ever closer to becoming software companies in their quest to build road-going autonomous vehicles. Today’s manually-driven cars are already high tech—from the complex infotainment to the countless electronic subsystems—but would yet seem primitive in comparison to the cars that lie in wait in the near future. So what better […]
Hyundai Teams with Cisco to Grow Global Connected Car Network
Recently, Hyundai publicly announced its intent to turn its vehicles into “hyper-connected and intelligent cars” over the next decade. The Korean automaker has taken another step on its path of “Car to Life connectivity” by partnering with leading IT and networking company Cisco to make such high-volume data sharing possible. Through this collaboration, Hyundai’s in-vehicle […]
Toyota to Create Largest Connected Car Proving Ground in the World
As technology advances every day, we get closer and closer to a time when all cars will be able to communicate, potentially eliminating things like traffic jams and collisions. But before that happens, automakers need to test out their technology to ensure its safety, and to iron out any glitches they come across. For Toyota, […]
Department of Transportation Testing Connected Car Tech in NYC
Around the world, automakers and transportation departments alike have been testing connected vehicle technology. Also known as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, this technology is the industry’s next big step towards preventing crashes and deaths. Testing for this technology has been mostly small-scale, ranging from Volvo taking to Scandinavian cities with 1,000 cars to the US Department […]
Ford-Toyota Connected Car System to Take On Apple, Google
It’s no secret that many drivers aren’t fans of automakers’ current offerings of infotainment systems. The technology is so new that it’s taken a few years for car companies to figure out exactly what they need to offer drivers and how to do it. It’s for this reason that tech giants Apple and Google recently […]
5 Reasons Michigan’s Building a Connected Car Test Track
While most of the developments concerning connected cars and smart road technology have been coming from the West coast, plans are in the works to test vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure systems in a whole new way. Car and Driver reported that the University of Michigan is working on America’s first closed track specifically dedicated to testing […]
Rest Assured, BMW Won’t Sell Your Private Connected Car Data
Score one for privacy! According to a BMW representative at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, the automaker refuses to sell its customers’ personal information to third parties who are begging to access their connected car data. It’s about time somebody took a stand. BMW Drivers’ Connected Car Data Will Remain […]
Team FuelSignal Wins Connected Car-Connected City App Pursuit
Ford announced that Team FuelSignal was the winner of its first Connected Car-Connected City App Pursuit hackathon at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. FuelSignal was one of ten finalists named for the competition back in September. FuelSignal utilizes Ford SYNC® AppLink™ and more than 200 data sets—provided by the City of Los Angeles—to notify […]
LA Auto Show Time: Audi at the Connected Car Expo
The LA Auto Show began today with its press and trade days, and one of today’s features is the Connected Car Expo (CCE). It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out all the goodies that will be on display, and Audi certainly isn’t there to disappoint. So just what can attendees expect from Audi at […]
Connected Car-Connected City App Pursuit Finalists Named
Back in August, Ford announced the Connected Car-Connected City App Pursuit, which took place last week at the Ford Developer Conference at the Connected Car Expo. Today, the 10 finalists have been announced, culled from more than 170 developers from 15 different countries. All participants were provided the information necessary to work with SmartDeviceLink, which […]
How Toyota’s ‘Cars For Good’ Program Connected Dealers with Local Charities
Toyota and its Canadian dealerships developed a new Cars For Good program, which aimed to support local charities by giving them short-term vehicle loans and other delivery services at no cost. From June through the end of July, a number of Toyota’s Canadian dealers took advantage to help their communities. In Clarington near Ontario, the […]
Volvo Increases Connected Vehicle Testing to 1,000 Cars
Last year, Volvo announced it would begin vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) testing that would allow cars to share information about road conditions via a cloud-based network. When the program began, just 50 cars were involved, but now, the automaker has announced that it’ll be increasing that number to a whopping 1,000. The program is the result of […]