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 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
Posted Sep 16, 2009, by John Day
I was leafing through a national magazine recently and noticed a two-page ad for the Ford Taurus. I stopped to read the copy, and was pleased to see radar-based active safety features among the vehicle’s options – right up there with SYNC hands-free communications, a 12-speaker audio system, and several other enticements.
I subsequently learned that Ford offers active safety - adaptive cruise control … Read More
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Mercury Milan,
Lincoln MKT,
Sony,
Chrysler,
Chrysler Town & Country,
Blind Spot Monitoring,
SYNC,
Lincoln MKS,
Taurus,
Dodge Grand Caravan,
Ford