BROWSING: Connected Cars
With wireless technology, you don’t need a luxury car
It’s fun to think about all the cool features carmakers add to make their vehicles more appealing, even if they are a bit ridiculous. Like Bentley’s infotainment package that builds computer tablets into the headrests, or their retractable tailgate bench, Jaguar’s retracting gear shifting...
Panasonic works with Colorado Springs on smart city solutions
The Japanese company is also working on a smart city initiative in Denver
Panasonic Corporation of North America is currently collaborating with the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Colorado Springs Utilities for the deployment of smart city solutions.
Panasonic, together with Colorado Springs and Colorado...
Ericsson, Qualcomm to take part in C-V2X trials in Japan
Other firms participating in the trials are Japanese telco NTT Docomo, Nissan and Continental
Ericsson, Qualcomm, together with Japanese telco NTT Docomo and other firms including Nissan and Continental have unveiled plans to carry out their first cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) trials in Japan.
The objective of...
South Korea allows KT to test self-driving bus in Seoul
The Korean telco has completed a four-hour test drive earlier this month
The government of South Korea has allowed mobile network operator KT to test a self-driving bus in capital Seoul.
With this permission, the operator can test its 45-passenger autonomous bus on public roads. KT...
Nvidia’s Xavier chip to bring A.I. to autonomous vehicles
Nvidia announces partnership with Volkswagen
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled an autonomous machine processor called Xavier during a press conference at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 alongside a new partnership with Volkswagen.
“In the future, every car will be self-driving. There will...
Intel CEO kicks off CES with security update, drones and quantum chips
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich begins CES with keynote presentation
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week with a keynote presentation centered around drones, autonomous vehicles and quantum computing.
Krzanich began his keynote addressing a security glitch...
Siemens deploys connected vehicle technologies in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is also working with networking firm Cisco in a wider smart city initiative
Siemens, along with Brandmotion and Commsignia, is working with the City of Las Vegas to provide a turnkey vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) solution. Siemens said the solution will be...
Qualcomm partners with Jaguar Land Rover vehicle connectivity
In the long-term move towards autonomous vehicles divorced from the typical design paradigm of front-facing seats, steering wheels, pedals, etc...vehicles are becoming increasingly connected. Passengers and drivers can use network-based services to support a range of use cases including vehicular telemetry, personalized infotainment and...
BlackBerry cuts connected car deal with Baidu
BlackBerry and Chinese tech company Baidu are partnering to enable connected and autonomous vehicles, with Baidu committing to use BlackBerry's QNX safety operating system as the basis for its Apollo autonomous driving open platform.
The two companies will also work together on integrating Baidu's CarLife,high-definition...
Michigan completes truck platooning demonstration
Peloton Technology carried out the truck platooning demo with the Michigan Department of Transportation
Peloton Technology, a developer of connected and automated vehicle systems for U.S. and global freight carriers, conducted a live demonstration of driver-assistive truck platooning in Michigan.
The demonstration which took place on...
SoftBank partners with Honda to research 5G in connected vehicles
The Japanese telco will deploy experimental 5G base stations at Honda’s R&D facility in Hokkaido next year.
Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank and compatriot car manufacturer Honda have recently announced that both companies have begun discussions toward a joint research project to strengthen connected car technologies.
The...
Huawei partners with French automaker on connected cars
Services for connected cars will be provided through Huawei’s OceanConnect IoT platform
Huawei has announced a long-term partnership with French car manufacturer Groupe PSA focused on service enablement for connected cars. Groupe PSA has multiple car brands under its umbrella, including Peugeot, Citroën, DS and...
AT&T, Qualcomm and Nokia trial C-V2X in San Diego
The trial will focus on automotive safety, automated driving and traffic efficiency
AT&T, Ford, Nokia, and Qualcomm Technologies have announced what it claims to be the first cellular-V2X (C-V2X) trials in the U.S.
The involved companies said that testing is expected to take place in the...
Daimler demos automated snow removal at German airport
German car manufacturer Daimler AG carried out a demonstration of the application of automated snow removal operations at airports based on a specific customer requirement.
The demo was carried out on the site of the former Pferdsfeld airbase, in Germany.
"We are not just talking about...
Consortium led by Bosch to accelerate automated driving in the U.K.
Bosch is working with government and private stakeholders
The Move UK consortium, led by German industrial giant Bosch, said it has completed the first phase in its three-year research program, designed to accelerate the development of automated driving systems in the U.K.
The project, which is...
Qualcomm partnership to set up smart cars lab in China
The new R&D center will be located in the city of Chongqing
Qualcomm has inked a partnership with Chinese tech firm Thunder Software Technology to establish a smart cars lab in mainland China.
According to international press reports, the new research and development facility will be...
KT investing in autonomous cars supported by 5G
New facility will use 5G to further test autonomous car use case
Korean telecommunications operator KT has secured a license to build what it claims to be the world's first autonomous car cluster in Pangyo, in Gyeonggi Province. KT’s plans to deploy a core telecommunications...
Panasonic focuses on cybersecurity for autonomous cars
The Japanese firm said the system detects and prevents cyber attacks in connected and autonomous cars
Panasonic Corporation announced the development of an automotive intrusion detection and prevention systems to prevent cyberattacks in autonomous and connected cars.
Panasonic said its newly developed system will ensure safe...
Connected cars hold the key to safer driving as autonomous vehicles proliferate
It’s hard to overlook the hype coming out of the budding self-driving car industry. From Silicon Valley, where Lyft’s new San Francisco pilot program is ready to kickoff, to news out of Detroit that GM has designed an autonomous car ready for mass production,...
Need for better security architecture underscored by McAfee
McAfee representative highlights cyber security issues facing modern-day networks
AUSTIN--Conventional architecture is not sufficient to deal with the onslaught of cyber security issues in the digital realm. That is the insight of Brett Kelsey, vice president and chief technology strategist for the Americas with McAfee....
SK Telecom announces completion of self-driving vehicle trial
SK Telecom has been working with a number of partners including LG Electronics
Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom has announced the completion of a successful trial of a self-driving vehicle in public as part of the telco’s efforts in the autonomous and connected vehicle segment.
During...
Samsung establishes $300 million fund to focus on connected cars
Samsung said smart sensors, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing will be among the top priorities of the new fund
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Samsung Automotive Innovation Fund, a new $300 million pool which will focus exclusively on the automotive market. Samsung’s investment will put...
Intel vice president discusses new open source projects
Imad Sousou, vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation, delivered a keynote presentation titled “How Open Source Powers the Cloud to the Edge” at this year’s Open Source Summit North America.
As vice president, Sousou oversees Intel’s open source software efforts, from virtualization to...
Looking to autonomous driving, Qualcomm develops C-V2X chipset
The long view on autonomous driving is vehicles that can effectively see and communicate with the world around them--pedestrians, infrastructure, other vehicles, etc...While full-blown self-driving vehicles are still in their infancy, Qualcomm has announced a new chipset that lays the groundwork for supporting multi-faceted...