Aeris to Power Hyundai's Blue Link
12 Jan 2011, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / South Korean manufacturer Hyundai is getting closer and closer to releasing perhaps the first true worthy opponent to GM's OnStar. Called Blue Link, the telematics service has been introduced l...
Scion Announces iPhone App
11 Jan 2011, 21:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Caught in the iPhone app fever that has engulfed the automotive industry, Toyota's division Scion announced today the launch of an application which will allow customers access to the Scion Par...
Audi Working on New... Touchpad
11 Jan 2011, 17:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having embraced the infotainment world so quickly, established automotive manufacturers now find themselves in the awkward position of having to work on more than cars to make their products success...
Kia ORE by Your OneCommand
11 Jan 2011, 14:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / South Korean manufacturer Kia, having experienced a great deal of success in 2010 on the North American market, is now trying to bring its customers closer, by launching the Kia Owner Retention Expe...
NVIDIA Tegra to Power Tesla Model S Infotainment
10 Jan 2011, 13:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / With deliveries set to begin in 2012, the Tesla Model S has already proved to enjoy a great deal of success among automotive enthusiasts, as more than 3,000 people have already reserved their electr...
New BMW and MINI Models to Have NVIDIA GPUs
10 Jan 2011, 13:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Audi’s move to have NVIDIA GPUs integrated in all of its models in early 2010, the North American division of BMW announced a similar initiative at this year’s CES event. Speci...
MyFord Tech for Focus Electric
8 Jan 2011, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A unique vehicle in the lineup of every manufacturer deserves special treatment, and the new Focus electric, unveiled by the American manufacturer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is no...
CarLink Smartphone Interface Module Now Available
8 Jan 2011, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When smartphones arrived onto the market a few years back, no one would have guessed that faster than you can say iPhone, cars and mobile phones will become, for the lack of a better word, symbiont....
Parrot Asteroid Gets Gracenote Tech
8 Jan 2011, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world of in-car entertainment will never be the same starting this year, as two of the biggest players on the market, Parrot and Gracenote, joined hands to provide a new generation of the former...
SYNC AppLink Comes to a Mustang Near You
7 Jan 2011, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The array of infotainment technologies Ford likes to call SYNC is slowly expanding to more and more models of the car maker's portfolio, slowly turning motoring as you knew it into something en...
GM to Use Argonne Battery Technology
7 Jan 2011, 11:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now that EVs and PHEVs have reached the market, the focus of the car makers who sell them is slowly turning to the battery technologies used in the vehicles and towards finding a way to make them be...
Mercedes Announces New mbrace Service
6 Jan 2011, 16:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Mercedes-Benz announced today a new mbrace service planned to launch in early 2011, which comes as an update to the mbrace Mobile Application. The new feature allows c...
Flashing Fines Can Be Avoided with RoadPilot
6 Jan 2011, 16:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / RoadPilot announced today it has decided to extend the free trial-period of its speed camera detection application, RoadPilot Mobile. This came after a British driver has been fined for flashing his...
TomTom Announces Nike+ SportWatch GPS
6 Jan 2011, 12:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new running watch saw daylight today at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, coming from NIKE and TomTom. Dubbed Nike+ SportWatch GPS, the timepiece incorporates a clear and readable ...
Visteon Launches Infotainment Solution
6 Jan 2011, 11:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Visteon used the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to demonstrate its new infotainment platform that's scheduled to debut later this year to be implemented in multiple v...
GM Working on Wireless Charging with Powermat
6 Jan 2011, 10:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Charging cables for phones and iPods cluttering the inside of our cars could be a thing of the past for future GM models. The Detroit auto giant announced today it partnered with pioneering wireless...
MINI is Making Pandora Internet Radio Available
6 Jan 2011, 09:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MINI USA has made an announcement today, revealing its collaboration with Pandora for the first third party application to be used on the MINI Connected. The carmaker wants to have the popular Pando...
Hyundai Launches Blue Link, OnStar Rival
6 Jan 2011, 08:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Remember late December when Hyundai rolled out a teaser with the upcoming Veloster and mentioned that the new model will be equipped with a so-called Blue Link system? At that time, we suggested tha...
Alfa Romeo Concept Designer Bags Presented
5 Jan 2011, 14:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Alfa Romeo revealed today two concept designer bag for its MiTo, designed by Central Saint Martins College (CSM) students William Hendry and Tamara Elliot, and which celebrat...
GM Launches OnStar Rearview Mirror
5 Jan 2011, 09:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / OnStar is becoming a more popular service every day and, after "repeated consumer requests", General Motors decided to expand the safety, security and connectivity package beyond its cars....