Qualcomm announced today that car manufacturer Audi is adopting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 602a processor for its next-generation cars.
Car electronics are a huge opportunity, and they take up more than 200,000 of the 2.4 million square feet of space at the 2016 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week.
Google has released some interesting info about how it envisages a passenger actually operating a self-driving car, addressing some of the multitude of questions surrounding the technology in the process.
Israel’s Argus CyberSecurity, one of the first companies in the world to provide anti-hacking solutions for connected cars, announced last week that it had raised $26 million in Series B funding. Investors include a who’s who of the venture capital world, including Magna International, Allianz SE, and the SBI Group as well as existing investors Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Venture Capital and the co-founder of the RAD Group, Zohar Zisapel.
Your next car might come with a great safety rating or reliability score, but how hackable will it be?
Security researchers recently demonstrated several tricks for hacking into cars in order to take control of components such as the stereo and windshield wipers, and even the engine and brakes. In one example, a pair of experts remotely deactivated the braking system on a Jeep Cherokee as a journalist drove it down the road.
In what was surely one of the least well-kept secrets in acquisition history, Nokia finally confirmed the sale of its Here mapping division earlier this morning.
The buyer, as expected, was a consortium of German car manufacturers — Audi, BMW, and Daimler. The value? €2.8 billion ($3.07 billion).
Zubie, a company that sells a device allowing drivers to tap into their car’s onboard computer and then sync vehicle diagnostic data to their smartphone, is today expanding its footprint with the introduction of an open API that will now allow developers to build on top of this platform. Called “ZinC” – or, “Zubie for the Internet of Cars” – the API offers the ability for partners to access vehicle diagnostics, as well as location data, trip activity, and driving data, for use in their own applications.
Self-driving cars generate a lot of headlines. But there’s already a new kind of car on the road that’s completely changing the vehicle market.
The connected car is equipped with Internet connections and software that allow people to stream music, look up movie times, be alerted of traffic and weather conditions, and even power driving-assistance services such as self-parking.
