Automotive IT News and Facts
LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Motor America launched a new in-car telematics platform that incorporates more than 30 connectivity functions and core safety services. The Korean carmaker’s Blue Link system, which was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here, will be available on all future Hyundai models in North America. The system features voice-powered point-of [...]
LAS VEGAS – OnStar announced that it will be available as an aftermarket solution for brands other than General Motors. Chris Preuss, OnStar president, said the move reflects the biggest change in the GM-owned company’s business model since its inception in 1996. The new strategy would provide “a strong new revenue base for GM and [...]
Gracenote said it has agreed to provide Parrot with digital file recognition and speech-enhancing technologies for the Paris-based wireless devices maker’s new ASTEROID connected car stereo system. The California-based entertainment solutions provider said in a press statement the pact would provide drivers “a safe and easy way to manage and enjoy music on the open [...]
China Transinfo said it has signed a real-time traffic information agreement with Lianong Mobile covering the cities of Shenzhen, Chongqing, Chengdu, Dalian and Wuhan. The Chinese provider of transportation and traffic information services said its Yootu subsidiary will provide real-time traffic information to be transmitted directly into China Mobile’s real-time traffic information processing platform. China [...]
Car sharing is set to grow in Los Angeles with a recent move by Zipcar into Hollywood. The car sharing service announced last week that it is expanding a pilot partnership with the city of Los Angeles that started in September, 2009. The company has added 10 cars to its Hollywood pool, bringing the total [...]
A senior Chinese Nissan executive doesn’t think China is ready for the era of electric motorization, according to a report in The China Daily national newspaper. Yasuaki Hashimoto, president of Nissan (China) Investment Co Ltd, said the country urgently needs a national infrastructure standard for electric vehicles. On the subject of charging stations, he was [...]
THINK has started production of its THINK City vehicle in the US, the Norwegian electric-vehicle maker said in a press statement. THINK’s Elkhart, Indiana, plant is receiving partially assembled vehicles from contract manufacturer Valmet in Finland, where the European version of the THINK City is built. To prepare the cars for the US market, workers [...]
The Dutch auto industry stages its bi-annual AutoRAI in Amsterdam April 13 through April 23, 2011. More than 80 percent of all brands represented in the Netherlands have already signed up for the event, which features test tracks, demonstrations of new technologies, a special 4×4 trail and the opportunity to test drive a range of [...]
Fisker Automotive will distribute electric vehicles in China through a partnership with China Grand Automotive Group, one of the country’s largest passenger car retailers. Executives from the two companies signed a non-exclusive agreement in Shanghai earlier this week. Fisker, a specialist US maker of premium electric vehicles, hopes to capitalize on the strong growth of [...]
Hyundai Motor America has launched an Equus owner’s manual App for Apple’s iPad, iPod and iPhone. The App shows and explains all the features of Hyundai’s new luxury model, the Equus. It also includes live service scheduling, video tutorials and a location-based dealer locator. The app is available now for the iPad on Apple’s App [...]
