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BMW Hack Exposes Connected Car Vulnerabilities
February 6, 2015 – The vulnerability of connected vehicle systems has been a topic that has been marginalized by most automakers, who repeatedly refer to the issue as “having been responded to promptly” and no longer a concern. Far from being the only car company with system security issues, BMW recently found itself having to patch its ConnectedDrive system […] [Continue Reading]
CES Summary: The Connected Car Defines True Technological Innovation
January 9, 2015 – We have been attending the Consumer Electronics Show for decades, watching for technological innovation and not just year-over-year incremental improvement. At this year’s show, we didn’t find true innovation in the smart-home area, where we witnessed over a dozen platforms being introduced this year alone, thus guaranteeing another year of automation and security gadgets in your […] [Continue Reading]
CES Day Two: Autonomous Vehicles Hit the Streets of Vegas
January 7, 2015 – The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is clearly the new launching point for automotive technology, proven once again by the introduction of multiple autonomous vehicle concepts by numerous automakers. Here is a roundup of key self-driving car technology introductions and other related news going on at 2015 CES: Mercedes Benz The Mercedes-Benz F-015 “Luxury In Motion” […] [Continue Reading]
2015 CES and the Connected Car: Technology on Display
January 5, 2015 – 2015 is shaping up to be another milestone year for the connected car, and this year’s Consumer Electronics Show promises to be the showcase event. Underscoring the expanding importance of the connected car, a record 10 automotive manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes, Toyota and Volkswagen) will be exhibiting at various CES […] [Continue Reading]
Connected Car Council Member Profile: Danny Shapiro, Senior Director of Automotive for NVIDIA
September 26, 2014 – Danny Shapiro is responsible for marketing at NVIDIA’s Automotive Business Unit, delivering automotive infotainment, digital instrument and driver assistance system solutions through advances being made in visual computing and graphics processing. Prior to NVIDIA, Danny was the Director of Business Development at Advanced Micro Devices. Danny holds an MBA in Marketing from University of California, […] [Continue Reading]
Car Sharing: The “Model of Mobility”?
September 16, 2014 – That’s what Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford called it while delivering the keynote address to the ITS World Congress in Detroit last week. How does this square with the automakers’ historical dependence on personal vehicle ownership and the sales volume it represents? It doesn’t. Instead, it is causing automakers to evolve their business models away […] [Continue Reading]