Automotive IT News and Facts
Daimler said that, after six months, it had registered 2,000 users for its “car2gether” ride sharing project. Car2gether was launched last September in the German cities of Ulm and Aachen. The service brings together cars that have empty seats and passengers looking for a ride. Connections can be made from a computer or via smartphone [...]
Microsoft said it had signed a patent licensing agreement with e.solutions, giving the Volkswagen group software supplier access to its new Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology. The new file system will help automakers integrate enhanced consumer multimedia into cars, Microsoft said. The California-based software group said the agreement with e.solutions is the first of [...]
Daimler said it is launching its car2go car-sharing program in Vancouver this summer. The German premium carmaker, which has announced several new cities for car2go recently, said it is creating a new Canadian subsidiary, car2go Canada Ltd, to manage the scheme. AÂ network of 225 low-emission smart “car2go edition” vehicles will be available to Vancouver [...]
Potential Chinese buyers of electric vehicles have major reservations about battery technology, according to a recent study. Synovate Motoresearch, a market researcher, interviewed 511 passenger vehicle owners in April. It found that 53 pc of them were concerned that batteries would be difficult to recharge, while 42 pc were worried that parts of electric vehicles [...]
Toyota said it has entered a technical cooperation with WiTricity to develop wireless charging systems for electric-vehicle batteries. The Japanese carmaker said it wants to accelerate the development and eventual implementation of wireless charging for cars. “The charging of a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle could be as simple and convenient as parking near an [...]
Mahindra Satyam said it has joined the GENIVI Alliance. The news comes just a few days after GENIVI, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association, announced that suppliers Denso and Mobis and consultancy Accenture were joining the group. GENIVI is driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference platform that will  [...]
Britain’s Autotext is working to extend its telematics services, using Deutsche Telekom’s machine-to-machine products and the German group’s mobile radio communications network. Autotext specializes in anti-theft protection solutions and has locations in Britain, Germany and China. The company said in a press release that it is developing new solutions in the areas of location-based vehicle [...]
The US Energy Department is building an online database of alternative fueling stations. The move by the Advanced Fuels and Alternative Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) aims to help drivers of new vehicles find locations where they can charge batteries or get alternative fuels. The Web site can be accessed online at http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/applications.html The site offers [...]
Sven Lorenz, Porsche’s CIO is a busy man. Not only does he have to manage integration with new majority owner Volkswagen, he also has to deal with the increasing role of social media, continued tight budgets andthe need to get dealers to use one dealer management systems. Lorenz spoke recently with automotiveIT about these and [...]
Japanese automotive supplier Denso, Korean components maker Mobis and management consultancy Accenture have joined the GENIVI alliance, the association said in a press release. GENIVI is an association of automotive and electronics companies that drives the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle infotainment reference platform. The group hopes that further standardization of in-car infotainment [...]
