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AT&T, Verizon Storm Connected Car Market
January 19, 2015 – Wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon recently announced the development of connected car service programs, with AT&T focusing on automakers and Verizon going consumer direct. With the recent move by GM to move from Verizon to AT&T in its factory-equipped OnStar systems, the stage is set for both companies to take completely different business development paths. […] [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]
Regulatory Rules and Connected Car
October 31, 2014 – The connected car movement has brought together the most innovative minds in the auto and tech industries in the spirit of collaboration and mutual benefit. It is not surprising, therefore, that this collaboration would create a collective defense of what could be a threat to innovation and rapid development of connected car technologies. Recently executives […] [Continue Reading]
Ford Takes the Right Step with Infotainment App Development
October 20, 2014 – We have discussed how automakers are outsourcing portions of their infotainment app development to Apple and Google and the fact that it is a generally good idea. Now it looks like Ford is joining GM in allowing their app development and management to be performed by companies known for it. Ford is steadfastly sticking with […] [Continue Reading]
Disruption Junction: How Apple, Google and Others Are Changing Infotainment
September 30, 2014 – In the tech world, there is good disruption and there is bad disruption. Game-changing occurrences such as the mass-adaptation of smartphones have turned much of the tech world on its head, and largely for the good. Consumer preferences driving the demand for better in-car connectivity and integration experiences are the direct result of smartphone […] [Continue Reading]
GM Announces Cybersecurity Chief
September 26, 2014 – General Motors has had a tough year. From the millions of vehicles recalled over faulty ignition switches to the general skepticism of how GM approaches auto safety, the automaker has faced some serious scrutiny in 2014. In a move that gives us more confidence in GM’s commitment to consumer protection, the automaker has created a new […] [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]
In-Car Data Collection Now Attracting The Legal Eagles
– The lawyers have taken notice: Information collected by vehicle telematics systems from companies such as GM, BMW, Ford and others is being used in the building of court cases. If you read the small print in your lease agreement, you might have seen the part where the data generated by your telematics system will be […] [Continue Reading]
GM Exits the Infotainment App Development Business
September 12, 2014 – Like most other automakers, GM has been scrambling to compete for the attention of the connected customer by introducing an ambitious array of entertainment, information and lifestyle apps to be made available in its own AppShop. This has been widely promoted as the foundation for GM’s connected car program strategy. Now it appears that GM […] [Continue Reading]