BROWSING: Connected Cars

Google calls it a learning experience; chalks collision with bus up to sandbags in the road In pursuit of an autonomous driving future, Google has run its self-driving cars through extensive road testing. But, in a first of its kind accident, one of the Google...

AT&T adds support with Vodafone to GM divisions in Europe; expands Audi, signs Porsche in NA AT&T Mobility continues to bolster its worldwide connected car presence, announcing a handful of deals with European automakers at this week’s Mobile World Congress event. The domestic telecom operator...

Volvo and Ericsson are teaming up to add experiential in-car technology designed to provide the infotainment passengers want in a future of autonomous vehicles. At the Consumer Electronics Show last month, the two companies announced an joint research and development initiative around intelligent, high-bandwidth in-vehicle...

In a patent filed on Feb. 9, Google forecasts potential interest in using autonomous, self-driving vehicles to deliver packages, a concept Amazon and Google have both been exploring with the use of drones. The patent, number 9,256,852 B1, contemplates a "package delivery platform." Here's the text...

Having already racked up 1.4 million miles on the road, Google is expanding its testing program for self-driving cars to Kirkland, Washington. According to an announcement posted to the companies Google+ page: "We've chosen your beautiful city by Lake Washington as the next location of...

AT&T has a major focus on the "Internet of Things" with major investments in consumer-facing products and industrial products like its Global SIM, which has tremendous utility in verticals like container shipping. With connected vehicles considered an IoT subset, AT&T is also active in that...

The grand vision of autonomous driving is for intelligent vehicles, coupled with smart infrastructure, to use real time communications to make traffic accidents and congestion a thing of the past. But, given the outlook on development and deployment of these technologies, that future is...

The North American International Auto Show, popularly known as the Detroit Auto Show, happens each year the week after CES. As CES steals the thunder from many industry trade shows, it wasn't until this year it became clear they had stolen the auto industry's...

CES 2016 Internet of Things (IoT) musings from the IoT Innovation gang. Listen in as Sean Kinney, Managing Editor - RCR Wireless News; Chris Hare, CEO - nTeTe; and Steve Brumer, Partner - 151 Advisors,  share CES 2016 Internet of Things (IoT) highlights with IoT Innovations...

US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration running point on autonomous vehicles funding initiative Federal government officials this week announced a plan to commit $3.9 billion in funding over the next decade to bolster research and development of autonomous vehicles. Anthony Foxx, secretary of...

AUSTIN – After investing $500 million into ride sharing company Lyft, GM this week announced it would partner with the ride-hailing service to bring a fleet of self-driving cabs to Austin, Texas. GM President Dan Ammann discussed the plan with Mashable during this week's North...

CES has increasingly become an avenue in which automotive manufacturers take the spotlight to showcase new technologies they plan to have on offer in the short and long term, and this year's CES prompted some observers to nickname it the "Car Electronics Show." In sifting...

Situated near the Georgia Tech campus in midtown Atlanta, the AT&T Drive Studio is a one-of-a-kind innovation center designed to bring together automakers and wireless experts for collaboration on the future of the connected vehicle. Opened in 2014, the 5,000-square-foot AT&T Drive Studio is billed...

Drive PX2 platform from Nvidia showcased at CES 2016 Autonomous driving, while still many years away from being viable, let alone commonplace, is becoming incrementally more viable through advances in processing power. This was a major point of emphasis for auto and chipmakers during the...

LAS VEGAS — At a press event to kick off this year's CES event, Nvidia unveiled a new artificial intelligence technology for connected cars, designed to help the autonomous vehicles better sense the world around them. According to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Drive PX 2 ...

If CES provides any insight as to the direction of the automotive industry, the vehicles of the future are getting closer to reality as a ubiquitously connected, data-rich and self-driving experience. Toyota, Ford, Volvo and Fiat all announced expansions to their connected car programs...

Automaker partners with Lyft on go-to market strategy for autonomous vehicles The future of autonomous vehicles is slowing approaching with advancements like Tesla’s autopilot and driverless trams, but what will it take for fully autonomous vehicles to break into the widespread consumer market? Investment activity may...

The automotive industry is being transformed by the “Internet of Things.” Having cars connected to the Internet is changing the way people drive, order and service their cars and how passengers enjoy the ride. But IoT features aren’t a new idea for commercial fleet vehicles....

The automotive industry is being transformed by the IoT (Internet of Things). Having cars connected to the Internet is changing the way people drive, order, and service their cars and how passengers enjoy the ride. But IoT features aren’t a new idea...

Connected car creates growth opportunity The merger of NXP Semiconductors and Freescale has created the world's largest automotive chipmaker at a time when vehicular technology is taking on new dimensions and scale. Millions of lines of software code power today's vehicles, 90% of which are...

US-based carrier AT&T is one of the leading global service providers when it comes to embracing the transformative and business opportunities associated with the Internet of Things. Mike Troiano, VP of Industrial IOT, called the company's investment around the Internet of Things "one of the most...

A well-publicized hack of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee earlier this year by security experts working with Wired magazine resulted in the recall of 1.4 million vehicles by Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, a hasty (and successful) network-level fix pushed out by Sprint to address the vulnerability, and...

Editors Note: Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 while working for Xerox in Palo Alto, Calif., and went on to serve in numerous roles with 3Com, InfoWorld and Polaris Venture Partners, among others. He is also Professor of Innovation in the Cockrell School of Engineering...

National League of Cities finds that U.S. metros aren’t taking into account transportation innovations Smart cities technology, a subset of the "Internet of Things," is making morning commutes, finding a parking spot and arranging public transit, among other things, an easy-to-use process driven by mobile...