Audi and T-Mobile offer in-vehicle data plan

 Real-time content and secure Internet access starts at $15 per month  Read more...

Vehicle Diagnostics by Delphi now at Verizon Wireless

Together with Verizon Wireless, Delphi Automotive released its Vehicle Diagnostics by Delphi product that provides a car-to-cloud/cloud-to-car connectivity service.  Read more...

Hyundai integrates Google Maps with Blue Link

Hyundai and Google announced that Google Maps application programming interfaces (APIs) will be integrated into the U.S.-based Hyundai Blue Link® telematics platform. It currently uses Bing maps.  Read more...

Telematics Update Brazil & LATAM Conference 2012

 

South American vehicle sales are forecast to reach 4.5 million units by 2014, with Brazil accounting for 60% of the total. According to ANFAVEA, Brazil’s National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, new car sales in Argentina and Colombia were up by 50% and 25% respectively over unit sales in 2006, and new car sales tripled in Peru from 2006 to 2010.  Read more...

Stitcher Connect API launches in Chevrolet Sonic and Spark models

News, entertainment, sports and talk radio content aggregator Stitcher Smart Radio has launched Stitcher Connect, described as talk radio’s first API developed for the car.  The Stitcher Connect platform integrates the features of on-demand radio directly into the automobile and launches in Chevrolet’s Sonic and Spark models. Listeners can seamlessly access and discover over 10,000 shows on Stitcher in their car.  Read more...

Strategy Analytics sees major firms challenging in-vehicle navigation suppliers

Apple, Google, and Microsoft battling for market share
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Nissan unveils advances in connected car technology

Announcing infotainment and connected vehicle advance at the New York International Auto Show, Nissan Motor Company chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn said the company is “determined to introduce class-leading connected content and services to drivers and passengers around the world in a way that does not distract the driver.”  Read more...

Coulomb Technologies announces EV workplace charging installation at Google

 

 

Coulomb Technologies said Google, Inc. has deployed more than 70 electric vehicle charging stations managed by the ChargePoint® Network at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA. The charging stations are used by employee-owned electric vehicles, as well as the company’s growing car sharing program for Googlers (GFleet), which includes Chevrolet Volts and Nissan LEAFs.  Read more...

VIEWPOINT: Auto Electronics – Back to normal by 2011?

By Paul Hansen, Editor & Publisher, The Hansen Report on Automotive Electronics http://hansenreport.com

While it’s not yet back to where it was in 2007, the automotive electronics industry in North America is certainly better off this year than it was last year. North American light vehicle production  Read more...

TI processors support QNX Car application platform

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is providing pre-integrated hardware support for the QNX^® CAR application platform. The collaboration will allow QNX CAR participants to take advantage of TI’s AM3517 and OMAP3530 processors, both of which are based on ARM architecture.  Read more...

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