Digital car sales disrupting: 10% of sales by 2019
Car buyers want to not bother with car dealers and buy cars online. As consumers demand greater transparency, influence, and efficiency from the auto purchasing
Month: March 2017
Passengers in self-driving cars will text, do alchohol & each other
Consumers are imagining what they will do in self-driving cars. A survey commissioned by Erie Insurance, finds almost six in 10 (59 percent) think that
Uber self-driving cars back on roads without taking responsibility
Over the weekend, Uber suspended self-driving operations after an accident in Tempe, Arizona. The company emailed media outlets stating that their vehicles will be back
Another Uber SNAFU stops self-driving testing
As of Saturday, Uber is stopping its self-driving program in Arizona, Pittsburgh and San Francisco after one of its Arizona self-driving cars was in a
Connected Car News: Ford, Alexa, Divergent 3D, Cypress, car2Go, One20, Carvana, SDL & more
In embedded chips and connected car news this week were, Ford, Starbucks, Alexa, Divergent 3D, Cypress Semi, car2Go, One20, Carvana, SDL, PTOLEMUS, Sperion, Navistar, Crystal
Air Cleaning Titanium Dioxide Toyota Mirai billboards in LA & SF
Drivers of the Toyota Mirai care about the air – their vehicles emit nothing but water vapor. Billboards are place on roads with lots of
Streaming media, Live TV, Wi-Fi and CarPlay options for Ford SUVs
Ford is reinventing the way drivers and passengers entertain themselves while on the road, offering new ways to wirelessly stream live TV and listen to
HERE Mobility On-Demand toolkit for ride sharing, mapping, delivery apps etc.
HERE launched HERE Mobility On-Demand, a toolkit for on-demand app developers, enabling them to build location-centric features into their apps and go to market quickly.
Waze available for Toyota, Lexus, Nissan & Infiniti touchscreens via Android with CarPlay coming
One of the most requested features for Android Auto as well as CarPlay is Waze. GROM Audio created a system called VLine that is in
CARB Votes for clean air, vetoes Trump & EPA keeps 2022-2025 emissions standards
The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to continue with the vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and zero-emission vehicle program for cars and light trucks
SUVs, Trucks & Crossover Sales Explode in March Madness
New vehicles are selling at a very rapid pace while truck, SUV, CUV and crossover sales are exploding with no signs of stopping. Both ALG
Spy Car Act Reintroduced
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, reintroduced legislation that would direct the National Highway