Posted Nov 10, 2011, by John Day
The increasing complexity of cars has taught automakers the value of cooperating with competitors on technology that customers won’t see and don’t care about but would be prohibitively expensive for a single automaker to develop in-house.
Automakers and suppliers formed the GENIVI Alliance, for example, to create an open source (Linux-based) development platform for in-vehicle infotainment, facilitating … Read More
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Linux,
Jaguar Land Rover,
Magneti Marelli,
XS Embedded,
ARM,
PSA Peugeot Citroën,
QNX,
Renault,
Android,
Visteon,
Mentor Graphics,
in-vehicle infotainment,
Microltron,
intel,
Microsoft,
Delphi,
MontaVista Software,
Genivi Alliance
Posted Jan 27, 2011, by John Day
I wasn’t able to attend the Consumer Electronics Show this year so I appreciated Visteon’s invitation to tour their CES exhibit at their headquarters near Detroit. Highlights included their C-Beyond and Growth Market demo vehicles, but I was also intrigued by an application that helps vehicle occupants find the music they like wherever they are.
Visteon says its C-Beyond vehicle includes more than … Read More
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CES,
Consumer Electronics Show,
3M,
Visteon,
TerreNet,
TNet
Posted Sep 27, 2010, by John Day
Two images come to mind when I think of driver coaching. One is the green leaves that appear on the dashboards of Ford Fusion (and Mercury Milan) hybrids when drivers do the right thing consistently. The other is Bugs Bunny in the passenger seat wearing a sweatshirt and holding a whistle.
Visteon may have been thinking leaves more than wabbit when it included “driver coaching” among the attributes … Read More
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Estech,
Bugs Bunny,
Visteon,
Mercury Milan,
Paris Motor Show
Posted Mar 25, 2010, by John Day
It’s nice to see that some groups can work together for the common good. I’m thinking of the companies participating in the GENIVI Alliance. BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon, and Wind River formed the Alliance a year ago to create an open source in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference platform. The initial version of the platform was released just nine … Read More
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Magneti Marelli,
PSA Peugeot Citroën,
Delphi,
ARM,
Visteon,
Graham Smethurst,
Will Tu,
in-vehicle infotainment,
General Motors,
Wind River,
Genivi Alliance
Posted Jan 21, 2010, by John Day
DENSO’s Blue Harmony is among the more recent in-vehicle communications and infotainment systems to hit the market. Like others in the space, Blue Harmony promises compatibility with current and future devices for consumers who want to stay connected while in their car.
DENSO says Blue Harmony will allow drivers to access their consumer electronics devices and off-board information and services safely. … Read More
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In-Vehicle Communications,
DENSO,
Infotainment,
App Store,
Visteon,
Voice Recognition,
AutoLinQ,
802.11,
iSuppli,
Consumer Electronics Show,
Phil Magney,
Continental AG,
Telematics,
Blue Harmony,
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication,
Bluetooth Hands-Free Calling
Posted Nov 20, 2009, by John Day
How long will it be before we start referring to car dashboards as a user interface, or is it already happening? It seems like only yesterday, and probably was, that automakers were concerned about offering hands-free Bluetooth. Now it’s smartphone connectivity. Cars are fast becoming another network node. An extension of our connected consumer electronics lifestyle; where we want to do whatever we … Read More
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Visteon,
Human-Machine Interface (HMI),
Bluetooth,
Mercury Milan,
Range Rover,
Jaguar Land Rover,
Lincoln C Concept Vehicle
Jim Martens
J VanDomelen
Nazita Saye
Michael Ford
Robin Bornoff
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Tom Fitzpatrick
Patrick Carrier
Mark Laing
Zhen Mu
Travis Mikjaniec
Christopher Hallinan
Bernard Sutton