connected car

Nissan, Renault, Hitachi to launch 200-mile driverless vehicle pilot in UK

As Waymo, Lyft and Uber clock up the driverless miles, a British project is set to launch a 200-mile autonomous…

IBM gains patent for machine learning self-driving system

Technology giant IBM has secured a patent for a cognitive system to manage the safety of self-driving vehicles. The system…

Ford hires BlackBerry engineers in connected-car push

Car manufacturer Ford is hiring 400 employees from BlackBerry to boost its connected-car and autonomy efforts. The 300 mobile solutions engineers…

Microsoft licenses connected car technology patents to Toyota

Microsoft has signed an agreement to license its connected car technology patents to Toyota. As part of the deal Toyota…

Are hackers and connected cars creating a ‘perfect storm’?

In recent years connected cars have seen a rapid growth in popularity. As the technology has become cheaper and easier…

CES 2017: All the most hotly anticipated products hitting Vegas this week

The biggest consumer tech show of the year lands in Las Vegas this week to celebrate the next great innovations…

‘A connected car’? I’d never own one! The age of loanership

We have got used to what was formerly science fiction in every aspect of our lives. In a relatively short…

IBM brings cognitive computing to BMW’s connected cars

IBM and the BMW Group are working together to explore the role that Watson can have in personalising the driving…

Samsung bets on connected cars with $8 billion Harman acquisition

Samsung is entering the connected car arena with an $8 billion acquisition of HARMAN as sales in its traditional devices…

Traditional auto makers risk being overtaken by tech companies as connected car market set for threefold growth by 2022

The connected car market seems on track to continue its shake-up of the automotive industry, with PwC predicting the worldwide…