Yesterday, we learned that Alpine claimed to be the first after market audio entertainment in-dash system to use CarPlay. Today, Pioneer announced that it will update existing head unit 2014 (NEX) infotainment systems to CarPlay this summer.
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152 Million Connected Cars in 2020 with $14.5 Billion in Revs & VERY Big Data
Revenue from automotive data assets from integrated connected car systems will generate $14.5 billion in revenue by 2020, according to a connected car study from IHS Automotive, driven by Polk.
In Emerging Technologies: Big Data in the Connected Car, IHS Automotive predicts there will be 152 million actively connected cars on global roads by 2020 generating 11.1 petabytes of data.