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Rising disposable income giving a thrust to connected cars in India – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Car variants that are connected feature-rich contribute as much as 45% of sales of a particular model, according to industry estimates. Connected cars are becoming the mainstream choice for many new car buyers in India fuelled by rising disposable incomes and an influx of new models.

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Audi of America, Verizon partner to bring 5G to vehicle lineup starting in MY2024

Green Car Congress

Verizon and Audi of America will bring 5G connectivity to the automaker’s US lineup, estimated to begin with select models for the 2024 model year. The deal also marks Verizon’s first agreement with a global premium automaker for 5G-enabled automobiles. Verizon is aggressively expanding its high performance 5G Ultra Wideband network.

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Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

The Truth About Cars

Despite years of the industry downplaying data harvesting as simple telematics analysis that can be used to help troubleshoot designs and establish better maintenance routines, it has been revealed that modern automobiles likely have the worst user privacy practices imaginable. That’s not the case today.

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CEO’s Take on 2024: Cost efficiency and tech skills make India a global force in auto parts sector, says Nirmal K. Minda, CMD, Uno Minda – ET Auto

Baua Electric

As Uno Minda gazes toward the next decade, we envision a future defined by technological advancements, focusing on the PACE (Personalization, Autonomous, Connected, and Electric) megatrends that are reshaping the automotive landscape. This will improve efficiency and reduce downtime for vehicles.

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

Cars That Think

So, take off, flew about 6 feet above the ground, pitched the aircraft towards my wife and the two couples that were there, who were behind automobiles for protection, and decided to do a skidding stop in front of them. All that information is stored on the aircraft and downloaded to our database at the end of the flight.

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Road Test: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

Clean Fleet Report

Polestar and Volvo were acquired by Geeley, a Chinese automobile company, in 2010. With the rear seat down SUV-like space Our Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance came with the Harmon Kardon premium sound system with account-free Spotify downloaded. The new kid on the block Who/What Is Polestar?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ).

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