Tag Archives :: Silicon Valley
Ford: We Can’t Be an ‘Insular Industry’
September 19, 2016 – While attending the Further with Ford conference at the company’s headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, earlier this week, the automaker’s old-fashioned script logo at the entrance to the building caught my eye. Probably because I’d watched several episodes of HBO’s Silicon Valley on the plane ride to Detroit; its opening title sequence features tech company […] [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]
Five Connected Car Predictions for 2015
December 29, 2014 – Connected car technology made huge advances in 2014. Google and Apple became major in-dash app development players, the auto industry began self-regulating the privacy of the data generated by vehicles, and Silicon Valley became the uncontested center of automotive technology innovation. It was a year that, as explained by C3 Group president Doug Newcomb, “offers […] [Continue Reading]
2104: A Banner Year for Connected Car
December 22, 2014 – If we could put 2014 into a time capsule and open it at some point in the future, we might look back upon this last year as experiencing incredible breakthroughs in the connected car space. Without a doubt, 2014 was a year in which we witnessed technological, cultural and societal shifts that have begun to […] [Continue Reading]
Technology Venture Capital Moves into Motor City
December 16, 2014 – One thing is certain in the connected car movement: New technology players arrive every day. Ideas come to life, companies are formed, fresh faces emerge. All these companies need is seed funding to get started, and venture capital (VC) groups have traditionally been a go-to source. While Silicon Valley has been known to host a […] [Continue Reading]
Technology Takes Center Stage in LA
November 21, 2014 – Nearly 50 new vehicles made their North American debut at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. And several automakers also used the occasion to introduce their latest vehicle technologies, with an emphasis on forward compatibility and newly visualized cockpits and interiors. Case in point is Audi’s new MIB-2 (Modular Infotainment Platform), which is the automaker’s […] [Continue Reading]
Connected Car Council Member Profile: John Suh, Executive Director, Hyundai Ventures
November 11, 2014 – John Suh focuses on making strategic investments and business partnerships in the U.S. for the Hyundai Motor Company. Prior to joining Hyundai, John worked at General Motors, Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and several Silicon Valley startups, where he has had roles in corporate investing, product management and R&D. John has a BS degree […] [Continue Reading]
Autonomous Vehicles and the Mobility of New (and Old) Consumers
October 16, 2014 – With all of the news of autonomous vehicles possibly changing the urban transportation landscape in some European metropolitan areas, we have to wonder what other disruptive events will take place as self-driving vehicles enter the market. Some obvious applications are commercial and military, in which the benefits of lower driver error and the ability to […] [Continue Reading]