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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Visteon,
in-vehicle infotainment,
Android,
Linux,
MontaVista Software,
ARM,
Delphi,
XS Embedded,
Magneti Marelli,
Genivi Alliance,
Jaguar Land Rover,
Renault,
intel,
Mentor Graphics,
QNX,
Microsoft,
PSA Peugeot Citroën,
Microltron
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 Nov 13, 2009, by John Day
Remember the Presidential debates a year or so ago? Or the race itself, for that matter. Think how much of the reporting focused on who won the last debate, or who was ahead in the race at the moment. Same with college football. We want to know who’s leading whom – even if we don’t have reliable metrics for determining the winner.
This desire to keep score came to mind when I thought about the recent … Read More
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4G,
Mercedes-Benz,
Toyota Prius,
Long Term Evolution,
Fiat,
Alcatel-Lucent,
Daimler,
Volkswagen,
LTE,
PSA Peugeot Citroën,
Infotainment,
Telematics Munich,
Microsoft Auto,
Ford,
QNX Software,
ng Connect Program,
QNX CAR,
Genivi Alliance
Posted Sep 24, 2009, by John Day
Is it just me or is it a law of nature? I’m at an otherwise empty intersection waiting for the red light to turn green, thinking about the gas I’m wasting, but nothing happens until another vehicle on the cross street reaches the intersection. THEN the light turns green. I can go and let the other driver think about the gas he or she is wasting – unless they are driving a hybrid, in which the engine … Read More
Tags:
Toyota,
Stop-Start Systems,
Valeo,
CO2 Emissions,
Volvo,
Mini,
PSA Peugeot Citroën,
DENSO