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The future of connected cars

Posted on 21. Apr, 2012 by Goran Minov.

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So far car connectivity mainly deals with infotainment systems. From location-based information, over telematics to streaming music. It’s still the beginning of connected cars and Internet services in vehicles, technology has to develop and standards have to be settled. As with almost all technological development, it’s first about playing around and then spinning-off real services for the [...]

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Hack your car. Ford and BugLabs open their cars with SDK kit

Posted on 16. Oct, 2011 by Martin Biela.

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There are many developments around connectivity in the digital automotive industry. Ford does a great Job with Sync (still I think voice control is the right safety solution, see older post), but with the crowd sourced OpenXC platform from BugLabs they really do the next step. Engadget writes The result is OpenXC, a platform that [...]

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Car Sharing: The Rise of Social Business

Posted on 09. Jul, 2011 by Martin Biela.

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On one of our last posts we blogged about the Car Sharing services from BMW Drive Now and Mercedes / Smart car2go. In the last 2 months VW Quicar and Peugeot’s MU launched. The independent from uk quoted: Last year, business analyst Frost & Sullivan predicted that 5.5 million Europeans will be part of a [...]

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The big automotive buzzword this year: Connected Cars… Part 3 BMW ConnectedDrive

Posted on 23. Jan, 2011 by Martin Biela.

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Just 2 days ago, BMW began another teaser campaign. The official BMW Youtube Channel published an interesting short video that appeares to announce a new concept car: the BMW ConnectedDrive Concept Vehicle. Supported by a new microsite BMW ConnectedDrive Future Lab. Teaser (Tron Look and Feel) With the Geneva Motor Show in sight, we can only assume [...]

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The big automotive buzzword this year: Connected Cars… Part 2 Toyota Entune

Posted on 22. Jan, 2011 by Martin Biela.

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In the second part I’ll take a look at the new Toyota Entune connencting cars systsem. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, the new integrated multimedia system uses the driver’s Net-enabled and Bluetooth-equipped smartphone. After downloading the Toyota Entune mobile application and pairing a Bluetooth capable phone with their Toyota vehicle, customers can begin accessing [...]

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The big automotive buzzword this year: Connected Cars… Part 1 Ford Sync

Posted on 09. Jan, 2011 by Martin Biela.

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Regarding Mashable 1 of the big 5 technologies on the CES 2011 will be Connected Cars ( thx Vijay for the Tweet ). There a several solutions in the market like Ford Sync, BMW ConnectedDrive (see Goran’s post on autofspace), GM’s OnStar, Toyota Entune… An August report by market research firm IMS forecasted that the [...]