A majority of car manufacturers today have a model of connected car. How these cars communicate with their environment, however, is evolving per manufacturer and with time; first generation BMW smart cars once embedded its own SIM card to power basic connectivity functions like emergency calling, navigation, infotainment apps, and remote vehicular data access; now, like other … [Read more...] about From Tether to Integrate: Looking at How Smart Cars Connect
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Connected Car Insurance USA 2017
The Connected Car Insurance USA Conference & Exhibition is the annual meeting place for insurance and technology executives in the automotive industry. Over 600 senior level attendees will gather to understand how insurance will be impacted by rapidly developing automotive technology including telematics, IoT, mobility, ADAS & autonomous. Over 70 speakers … [Read more...] about Connected Car Insurance USA 2017
When AI Takes Over, Will Mechanics and Millennials Lose Out?
When I was a social worker, I had a young client who had learned his way around cars. Whatever you needed to do on your old pickup truck, he knew how to redneck it, as he put it. It was the first time I'd heard the term redneck used as a verb, but it turns out that's a real thing. Seemed to me he had a future as a mechanic and that's what I encouraged him to do. According to … [Read more...] about When AI Takes Over, Will Mechanics and Millennials Lose Out?
How Big Data Helps Us Design Better Vehicles
Manufacturers are relying on data more than ever, and drawing inspiration from physics, driver behavior, and statistics to design better vehicles. The more data we're able to collect, analyze, and turn into actionable insights, the more advanced our consumer and commercial vehicles will become. But how are data analysts and engineers working together to bring us better-designed … [Read more...] about How Big Data Helps Us Design Better Vehicles
How Machine Learning Will Drive Autonomous Vehicles
It's Saturday noon and you set out for a long drive with your friends and family. You get into your car, turn on the music, tune into your favorite song, and give the navigation system your preferred destination while it selects the best route. Not just these. You get all the information required through cloud right on your car dashboard. Drivers around the world are used to … [Read more...] about How Machine Learning Will Drive Autonomous Vehicles
