BWM uses connected vehicle tech to charge for hardware use
BMW has started selling subscriptions for a number of its in-car features, such as heated seats and automatic headlight beam management, using over-the-air technology to permit drivers to pay for the products. The Verge has spotted this, saying it’s the latest example of the company’s adoption of microtransactions for high-end car features. A monthly subscription […]
Making National Highways Sustainable – important plans on this week’s Highways Voices podcast
“There’s something like 46 action plans now, across the company, I’m really clear that what we can’t do is have a big central team that is delivering on carbon, and everyone else carries on working as they did before,” explains National Highways’ Director of Environmental Sustainability Steve Elderkin on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. “Carbon […]
TTF Connected Vehicle meeting to show off cutting-edge innovations in in-vehicle signage
Members of the Transport Technology Forum’s Technical Working Group on vehicle-to-infrastructure communications will get to experience the very latest in technology to display real-time information into vehicles at an event at one of the UK’s leading test tracks this October. The SPATULA group meeting on 12 October at the UTAC site at Millbrook in Bedfordshire […]
Apple upgrades CarPlay to further integrate with vehicle’s on-board systems
Apple has announced the next generation of its CarPlay technology, which it says deeply integrates with a car’s hardware. It says CarPlay will be able to provide content for multiple screens within the vehicle, “creating an experience that is unified and consistent”. The technology company says deeper integration with the vehicle will allow users to […]
TTF shares video of virtual road signs “untouched by human hand”
The Transport Technology Forum has shared one of the key moments of its conference last week – the video of infrastructure-to-vehicle technology showing that VMS, temporary VMS and traditional signs can be repeated in vehicle without the need for human intervention. The video explained a project delivered by HRS, KL Systems and White Willow Consulting […]
Rolls Royce highlights connected vehicle technology in latest upgrade
Rolls Royce has launched a new version of its 2023 Phantom Series II model, with its marketing stressing new connectivity features, suggesting that even for the most high-end of vehicles, new technology has to be a central feature to promote. The new vehicle it says is at “at the apex of the luxury world” includes […]
American 3G switch-off affects connected car services
As American mobile phone networks switch off their 3G services in favour of 4G and 5G, some connected car services have stopped working in vehicles because they only have a 3G modem fitted. Ruetir.com reports these vehicles, many of them electric, are losing many of their functions, such as the emergency call, real-time navigation, remote […]
One in three drivers wants insurance tech built into vehicles
A new poll of British drivers suggests that a growing number of them are willing to share driver data and that they want more connectivity from their next vehicle purchase. Nearly a third of drivers surveyed (29%) by connected vehicle company Verex Group said they want their next vehicle to include a Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) […]
How connected vehicle innovations are making traveller information more affordable discussed in ITS (UK) forum meeting
The value in delivering real time information to drivers using the latest connectivity techniques and existing technology has been highlighted in the latest ITS (UK) Forum meeting. The Connected Vehicles Forum, one of 15 run by the UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry association, met to discuss how vehicle connectivity could replace fixed infrastructure providing more […]
Cohda appoints VP Engineering
Global connected vehicle technology company Cohda Wireless has appointed Mr. Kash Munir as Vice President Engineering based at Cohda’s headquarters in Adelaide, Australia. He is responsible for all engineering activity at Cohda and brings extensive local and international experience to the role. Mr Munir joined Cohda Wireless six years ago and has been a major […]