Siemens and Arm combine on chip design for autonomous vehicles
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSiemens and Arm have struck a deal around computing and sensor design for connected and autonomous vehicles, to help the automotive industry develop more complex platforms for in-car and between-car …
Hyundai talks flying cars and smart cities; ties-up with Uber for flying taxis
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor a time, electronics shows were dominated by handheld devices. The biggest and most glam stands belonged to smartphone makers. It seems almost passé now, and more interesting for it, …
BMW puts 5G in driving seat at CES with in-car and between-car connectivity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBMW is pushing in-car 5G connectivity at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas. The German car marque reckons its forthcoming iNEXT electric crossover, scheduled for launch in …
Toyota unveils plans to build prototype city of the future in Japan
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese company Toyota unveiled plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Called the Woven City, …
Walmart intros pick-and-pack robots to automate drive-thru grocery collections
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWalmart has put automated pick-and-pack robots to work at a so-called ‘supercenter’ in Salem, New Hampshire. The new system, called Alphabot, is live in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse-style extension at its …
Verizon and HERE join 5G, edge, mapping in new traffic collision avoidance system
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUS carrier Verizon and Dutch mapping company HERE are pairing 5G connectivity and multi-access edge computing (MEC) with location data and autonomous vehicle knowhow as part of a co-innovation exercise …
ABI on 2020: 5G wearables, self-driving trucks, yadda yadda – what won’t happen in 2020
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnalyst house ABI Research has pulled together its big guns in each vertical sector to consider how technologywill change things in 2020 – or, rather, how it won’t. Some seasonal …
Ericsson and Microsoft combine vehicle connectivity and compute platforms
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEricsson and Microsoft are pooling their cloud-based connectivity management and compute-and-analytics platforms, respectively, for connected vehicles. Ericsson will build its Connected Vehicle Cloud, which it claims connects around 10 per …
Ericsson, Telia carry out 5G autonomous ferry demo in Norway
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Ericsson, Telia and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have partnered to carry out a demonstration of a 5G autonomous ferry, Ericsson said in a release. The …
A peek under the hood of the connected car (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOvum recently predicted that the global connected car market will grow from 59 million vehicles in 2016 to more than 308 million vehicles by 2022. As we sit halfway between these …
