Automotive connected services need to extend beyond the car

When we park and leave our car, typically (and hopefully) not much happens to it. We return from our business to find the craft in the same state we...

Blockchain an anchor or a shackle for carmakers?

Car data, from vehicle performance to driving behaviour to toll booths, could be valuable if not for the thorny questions of who owns the data and who should have...

High rollers eager for tech engagement, says Cadillac

Premium consumers are driving the uptake of connected services according to Donny Nordlicht, head of product and technology communications with Cadillac. That’s not all down to sheer chance, either,...

It’ll be a beauty contest for connectivity, say BMW and SEAT

Carmakers are becoming open to setting up the sort of free-wheeling relationships normally associated with internet dating agencies in a bid to keep their connected car services up-to-date and...

Premium seating fits with AVs, EVs and CVs, Recaro chief says

They might not need the kind of body-hugging performance bucket seat that made Recaro famous, but drivers of electric vehicles, future car sharers and passengers riding in autonomous vehicles...

Connected car battle lines are drawn

“The great wind down of DSRC (dedicated short-range communication) has begun, as the great wind up of 5G commences,” declares Roger Lanctot, director automotive connected mobility at Strategy Analytics....

Acura touchpad aims to cut confusion, distraction

Acura’s centre stack is getting an extreme makeover with the introduction of a new touchpad-controlled full HD display screen in the ’19 RDX. “(Our goal) was to make a...

Hooking up to the IoT with a clear conscience

The United States Senate will consider the SELF-DRIVE Act that will, among other things, require car makers to develop plans or automotive cyber security, while also directing NHTSA to...

Video: SBD calls on carmakers to build trust for connected services

Partnerships point the digital way for carmakers

Can the incumbent car manufacturers capitalise on the opportunities to profit from serving in-vehicle content to the car of the future? Recent examples suggest that some of that business,...

Video: Connectivity has to start with security, Guardknox says

Plain speaking challenges for HMI

Chris Schreiner, director of UK innovation practice at Strategy Analytics says speech recognition use has increased from 2016 to 2017. However, the technology saw a slight dip between 2015 and...