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How customer experience is driving the connected car
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Carmakers must press the pedal-to-the-metal to get up to IoT speed
Technology may be moving forward at a lightening pace but the car it wants to be heading into has the agility, by comparison, of a juggernaut’s turning circle. This may be an obvious fact considering...
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Smartphones may not hold all the cards for connected fleets
Perhaps in a perfect world, drivers would connect themselves with the onboard telematics rigs the carmakers created and installed for them and never want to mess with any interfering outside systems....
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Who wins the mobility race across one of the world’s busiest cities?
Just as the hare and tortoise each enjoyed special talents in their head-to-head competition, we decided to pit the varying advantages of three very different mobility solutions across England’s great...
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Now the VW barrage balloon's gone up, let’s make it a hydrogen one
It’s not just with comedy that timing is everything as Hyundai is proving right now airing the only commercially available hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in London on a daily basis.That’s because, hard on...
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Ford takes a peek at ‘Uber’ car ownership
Ford is fulfilling a pledge it made at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to become a major mobility provider by piloting several schemes including one that could make it an “Uber for car...
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Life-style connectivity will stay portable for Citroën
Not every carmaker is eyeing up the potentially lucrative life-style aspects of the connected car with Citroën insisting it will focus mainly on safety and driver assistance aspects of the...
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Navigating the best route round wayfinding
Q: In London, the wayfinding system is credited with increasing transport sharing and a decreasing reliance on the car. How did they make the connection?Image: Primary Event: Consumer Telematics Show...
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Low cost carmakers mull over opportunities from connectivity
Much has been written around the premium end of the car market’s adoption of connectivity and all it provides in terms of safety and convenience but what’s happening at the bargain end of the...
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Range Rover catches up in the sprint towards connectivity
It’s safe to say that anyone who buys the new Range Rover Sport SDV8 is someone who wants it all – a high-wide-and-handsome off-roader that can sprint away from the traffic lights faster than most...
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How the brand badge could come second to a car’s tech pack
Back then, a clutch of technologies advanced to the stage where the online experience became available for anyone with a computer and a phone line. The wired automobile is at a similar point, with new...
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Exploring whether cybersecurity winds are set fair for over-the-air updates
Last year, cybersecurity was thrust into the spotlight when two major hacks exposed key weaknesses for automakers. The first was Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), who famously fell victim to an attack...
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There’s no time to lose in locking hackers out of connected cars
“Your car is a giant computer – and it can be hacked,” blared the headline on CNN’s web site.That feels like lurid, sensationalistic sound-bite; surely in this advanced day and age, connected car...
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How private and public bodies must cooperate to ease mobility woes – Part I
Los Angeles is renowned for its infamous gridlock and difficult commutes yet Ford’s Mike Tinskey joined a panel addressing these very issues at Ford's Smart Mobility plan during its road show presented...
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The gap between carmaker and customer is closing
Cars are already lasting longer than ever and, at the same time, they increasingly run on software code. Moreover, vehicle capabilities can be fine tuned, enhanced, and new features designed and added...
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Wealthy drivers cannot sustain Indian connectivity alone
India manufactures about 3M cars a year and half a million of them are exported, claims Kumar Kandaswami, senior director of Deloitte India.His research finds that 60% of all cars purchased in the...
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Until technology catches up, ‘Keep the Radio On’
Automakers and analysts alike admit uncertainty about the form and function of car radios even a few years from now but they concur that it will still be a key component.After all, cars and radios have...
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Cyber threats go beyond the boundaries of vehicle control
Q: What are the top threats to cybersecurity in the automotive industry?Image: Primary Event: TU-Automotive Cybersecurity USA 2016Tags: Robert GeeContinentalcybersecurityChannels: Auto Mobility
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It’s best not to get too hacked-off with cyber security
Future cars may be smarter but that doesn't mean they will be less vulnerable to attacks that could disrupt or alter their operation. The Jeep Cherokee hack was a strong reminder that connected...
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Carmakers must chase drivers who can bear to share
Whether you call it “car-sharing” or “communi-cars” one thing is guaranteed: American consumers, especially Millennials, are seeking alternatives to traditional car ownership. And, if your automotive...
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