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IoT devices could be next customer data frontier
At the Adobe Summit this week in Las Vegas, the company introduced what could be the ultimate customer experience construct, a customer experience system of record that pulls in information, not just...
View ArticleLightfoot gets $4M to nudge more drivers to go smooth with a ‘Fitbit for cars’
U.K. car tech startup Lightfoot, which sells a telematics system that gives real-time feedback to drivers combined with a rewards platform to further incentivize good driving, has picked up £3.2...
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Mercedes-Benz 2021 S-Class jumps on the giant touchscreen bandwagon
Mercedes-Benz sent out a teaser image and video Monday of its upcoming 2021 S-Class that hints at a sleeker interior that forgoes the bevy of physical knobs and toggles found in previous models in...
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Mercedes opts for more screens and fewer buttons in the 2021 S-Class
Teaser images and leaked photos of the 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class suggested the automaker was moving toward a more digital-centric interior. That might have been an understatement. Mercedes-Benz...
View ArticleGM to leverage driver data as it jumps back into the insurance business
General Motors is launching an insurance service, returning to a business that it abandoned more than a decade ago, but this time more in step with the connected-car era. The service, called OnStar...
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GM, Palantir-backed Wejo to go public via SPAC
Wejo, the connected vehicle data startup backed by GM and Palantir, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Virtuoso Acquisition Corp. The agreement, announced in a...
View ArticleAuto software company Sonatus raises $35 million from Hyundai Motor Group,...
California-grown automotive software company Sonatus raised $35 million in a Series A round that attracted high-profile technology and automotive industry companies including Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia...
View ArticlePorsche expands online marketplace to include US inventory of new cars
Porsche Cars North America has added its entire U.S. inventory of new cars to its online marketplace as the company seeks to keep up with customer demands and the industry’s shift to digital commerce....
View ArticleQualcomm kicks its automotive ambitions up another gear, partners with VW and...
While Qualcomm continues to work on closing its $47 billion acquisition of automotive chipmaker NXP, it’s also driving ahead with developing car technology on its own steam. Today at CES, the chipmaker...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches a new cloud platform for connected cars
Microsoft isn’t building its own connected car — but it is launching a new Azure-based cloud platform for car manufacturers that want to use the cloud to power their own connected-car services. The new...
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I drove BMW’s prototype self-driving 5 series, and then it drove me
BMW had a story to tell at CES this year, a story of what our lives might look like when there’s more continuity between what we do at home and what we do in our cars, thanks to new features coming to...
View ArticleSuperintelligent AI explains Softbank’s push to raise a $100BN Vision Fund
Anyone who’s seen Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son give a keynote speech will know he rarely sticks to the standard industry conference playbook. And his turn on the stage at Mobile World Congress this...
View ArticleCarriers banking on cars to drive 5G, rev up a new growth engine
From connecting all of the people to connecting all of the cars. As we noted earlier, car companies have a much bigger presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress tradeshow. Wander the flashy hall 3,...
View ArticleSatellites are critical for IoT sector to reach its full potential
According to research firm Gartner, more than 20 billion connected things will be in use worldwide by 2020. From connected vehicles to connected homes, the Internet of Things (IoT) promises a host of...
View ArticleCubic Telecom gets $46.5M to connect cars and other devices globally
As automakers ramp up their connected car initiatives, a company that has built a solution to link vehicles up to mobile networks globally has raised a significant round of funding from a group of...
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Quick-charging battery startup StoreDot gets $60M on $500M valuation led by...
As we continue to see a proliferation of wireless connected devices make their way into the mainstream consumer electronics market, there has been growing attention on a key issue that will be central...
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Tampa offers first demo of its connected vehicle technology project,...
Tampa’s goal to become a smart city was on display on Monday, as the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority hosted the first public demonstration of a connected vehicle technology research project...
View ArticleUpstream Security reels in $9M Series A to protect connected cars
Upstream Security, a new startup founded by two cyber security industry veterans, announced a $9 million Series A today to help protect connected vehicles and eventually autonomous cars. Today, that...
View ArticleToyota confirms another years-long data leak, this time exposing at least...
Two weeks ago, Toyota said it exposed the data of more than two million customers to the internet for a decade. Today, the automotive giant said it recently discovered the data of another 260,000 car...
View ArticleThis California agency wants to know what happens to all that connected car data
The troves of data collected by today’s modern connected cars has long been viewed as a cash cow — a yet untapped opportunity that could boost profits for automakers. Now one California agency wants to...
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